Gloucestershire War Graves Project

2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Francis Wallace Drew, known as ‘Frank’, was born in Gloucester in 1887. His parents were George William Drew (1855-1914) and Martha (née Morgan: 1854-1904) and his siblings were George William H (born 1914), John Hope (1883), Henry (Harry) Alfred (1889), Thomas (Tom) Edwin (1893) and Laura Ann (1896). At

7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Percy Edward Drake was born in Folkestone, Kent in 1891, the son of Ralph Edward and Mary Ann Drake of 143 High Street, Cheriton. At the time of the Great War he was working as a cellar man and in July 1915 was living in Mount Pleasant Road, Tottenham, north London.

6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders William Gilbert Bailey Dowsett, known as Gilbert, was born at Hallyburton, Coupar Angus, Forfar, Scotland on 2 September 1889, the third child of Charles and Frances Lucy Pelling Gilbert (née Bailey). His siblings were Charles William (1875-1952), Roland Bailey (1881-1978) and Lucy Gladys Bailey (1891-1840). In 1891, he was living with

Army Service Corps Robert James Dowdeswell was born on 24 May 1892 in Shaw Green, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire the eldest child of Frank and Ellen Hannah Dowdeswell (née Keen), and his siblings were Frank George and Esther Lavinia Mary. His paternal Grandparents were Robert and Mary Dowdeswell, and James and Esther Keen were his maternal

Royal Field Artillery Philip Dance was born in Marlcliff, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire and baptised on 13th September 1891 at Bidford. He was the son of William Dance and Sarah Ann Cotterell, and his siblings included (Charles (1881), William (1882-1882),Walter (1889), William John (1897), Cyrns George (1899) and Horace (1903). He was living with his family at

13th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Frank Damsell was born in the third quarter of 1898 and was one of five children born to Elijah and Esther Damsell of France Lynch. Both parents were born in nearby Bisley. Elijah was employed at the local stick works. He was baptised at St John’s Church France Lynch on 11

16th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Henry Dalley was born in Churchdown, near Gloucester in 1895 and was one of seven children with three brothers and three sisters born to Henry (Harry) Dalley, (1858-1930) a farm labourer and his wife Alice (née Pitt: 1859-1929). The family later lived at 16 Sweetbriar Street, Gloucester. Details of Henry’s Army

12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Ernest Cyphus was born in Sherborne, Gloucestershire and baptised there on 10 August 1890. He was the son of James Cyphus, an Agricultural Labourer (Cowman), and Ann Marie (née Masters). His siblings were Alfred (1864), Francis (1872), William Robert (1874), James (1877), Albert (1883), Leonard (1886), Beatrice (1888), and Bertie

Devonshire Regiment Joseph Ellison Curtis was born in Fulham, London in 1883, the son of James Thomas Curtis who was a carpenter (1846-1921) and his wife Sarah Ellen (née Barford: 1851-1904). He was one of nine children, seven of whom were living at the time of the 1911 census. The family lived at 33 Victory

5th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps The 28 August 1918 was a black day for Minchinhampton Aerodrome, as three of its pilots were killed in one accident. Roy Lytton Cummings was born in Sydney in 1894, the son of Dr Harold L and Marcia Cummings. At the time he enlisted he lived at Franklin, Tasmania

3/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment The majority of information regarding Ernest Robert Clarke has been gleaned from reports of his death and of the inquest, contained in the Gloucestershire Echo of 26 November 1915 and the Gloucester Chronicle and Gloucestershire Journal of 27 November 1915. It is believed that he was born in 1871, possibly in