Gloucestershire War Graves Project

1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) William Harkness Evans was born at Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire on 20 April 1897. He was the son of Albert Bevan Evans (1871-1951) and his wife Julia Augusta (née Wilson: 1871-1964). He had one brother, Leslie Edward Wilson Evans (1898-1982). At the time of the 1911 Census the family […]

Royal Army Service Corps Orlan Alfred Evans was born in Nailsworth in the latter half of 1889. He was the son of Edward Evans and his wife Jemima Ellen (née Waite) and he had two sisters and one brother. His brother Robert died in 1916, as did his mother. The family lived at Inchbrook Farm.

Army Service Corps George James Evans is said to have been born on 3 April 1878 in Alvington, near Lydney, son of John Evans (1845-1919), a self-employed blacksmith, and Harriett Evans (formerly Jones) (1847- 1911). The family home was Knapp Cottage, Alvington. George James Evans attested at Lydney, initially for the Gloucestershire Regiment, on 9

2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Albert Evans was the son of Henry James Evans (1864-1932?), a carpenter and joiner and his wife Maria Ann (née Cleveland: 1865-1908). The couple had married in 1864 and lived at St Mark’s Street in Gloucester. The 1901 census shows four children, Henry (born 1890); Albert (born 13 November 1891); Edwin

‘D’ Training Battalion, Machine Gun Corps Howard William English was born at Woolaston, between Lydney and Chepstow, in the final quarter of 1891, one of eight children born to Thomas English (a farmer) and his wife Emily Beatrice (née Thomas). At the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Ashwell Grange, Tiddenham, near

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment James Thomas Davis was born in the parish of All Saints, Gloucester in 1874. James enlisted into the Gloucestershire Regiment and was initially posted to the 3rd Battalion which was a Reserve Battalion. However, his experience was required in France and he was soon posted to the 1st Battalion and probably

Royal Navy – HMS Endymion Harold Wilfrid Ellis was born in Worcester on 2 July 1898, the eldest of five sons and one daughter born to Henry (Harry) and Mary Ellis. His father was an estate labourer. In 1916 the family lived at Park Road, Blockley but appear to have moved to 8 Cromwell Terrace,

Royal Army Medical Corps George Reginald Ellis was born on 21 March 1885 at Bishop Auckland, Co Durham and his home was there, at a house called The Elms. He was the second son of Rosa Shafto (née Stratton) and George William Ellis. Although a native of Bishop Auckland he was educated at Spondon House

440th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps James Davis was born in Newent in 1877, the son of William David Davis and Sarah (née Hobbs). His siblings were William James (1865), Ellen Sarah (who was baptised Sarah Ellen) (1868), Alice Susan (1872), George Frederick (1874), Julia (1879) and Frederick (1882). The children were baptised en masse in

Francis Gordon Davis was born at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 9 August 1899. He was the son of Alfred Ernest and Matilda Rachel Davis, of North Lodge, Wendouree Parade, Ballarat. Matilda Davis died in about 1915. Francis was educated at Ballarat Junior Technical School and was aged 18 years and eight months when he enlisted

Royal Air Force Charles William John Davis was born at Rochford, near Southend-on-Sea, Essex in the third quarter of 1889. He was the eldest child of Charles William and Sophia Adeline Davis recorded living at 42 Baxter Avenue, Southend-on-Sea. The couple had five children. Charles (senior) was a signal lamp manufacturer who died in 1915