Gloucestershire War Graves Project

Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Depot) Isaac Spruce Cripps was born at Elkstone in 1882 to James and Mary Cripps. Isaac was a twin; his brother being Benjamin Raynor. There were two other brothers and a sister in the family. At the time of the 1891 Census the family had moved from Elkstone to Castle Street […]

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment As set out below, there are a number of curious aspects relating to Private Creed’s service in the Great War. William Charles Creed was born in Cheltenham on 3 June 1873 and according to baptismal records he was baptised at Badgeworth on 26 July 1874. His parents were William (1841-?) and

Royal Navy – HMS President Harold Christian was born in Cheltenham on 29 September 1867 as the eldest son of Rear Admiral Henry Christian MVO, a former Chief Constable of Gloucestershire, and Emily Margaret Christian (née Moore) of Heighthorne, The Park, Cheltenham. He was educated privately and at Dartmouth Naval College, being appointed a Naval

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Clifford Sidney Victor Creed was born at English Bicknor in 1894, son of Arthur Creed (1864-1956), a tinplate worker, and Charlotte [Lottie] Elizabeth (née Bevan) (1867-1957). At the time of the 1911 census the couple had ten children (all boys, except one), all surviving. Clifford Sidney Victor Creed’s occupation before joining

10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) George Rainier Crawford was born in Murree, India on 28 May 1862 the son of Major Francis Haden Crawford of the 98th Regiment. He was first commissioned into the Royal Lancaster Regiment in 1881. He later transferred to the Indian Army and rose to become a substantive

9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment John William Craddock was born in Cheltenham in the second quarter of 1896, the son of Alfred and Mary Craddock, who lived at 4 Western Cottage, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham. John enlisted in Cheltenham in December 1914 and was posted to the 9th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Drafted to France on

Royal Air Force Herbert Charles (Bert) Craddock, born on 10 October 1894, was the only son of Sergeant Major Charles Craddock Royal Engineers and Matilda Craddock, who kept the Sudeley Arms public house in Winchcombe Place, Cheltenham before the war. Herbert was a well known local sportsman and a prominent member of Cheltenham Swimming Club.

Royal Navy – HMS Defiance (Wilton) Percy Cox was born on 22 January 1891 in Stroud. He was one of 11 children born to Harry Wilton and Emma Matilda Cox, of 26 Acre Street, Stroud. Both Harry and Emma were tailors. On the 1911 census, Percy was living with his parents and stated his occupation

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Walter Alfred Cox was born at Travancore, South West India, in about 1876. He was the son of John and Anna Cox and had three brothers and three sisters, all born in either India or the Far East. He was aged 39 when he enlisted at Gidea Park, Essex, in December

Royal Army Medical Corps Lewis Alfred Cox was a farm labourer conscript who ended up contracting a disease which led to his discharge and ultimate death, having spent only four months on active service. He was born in Deerhurst in August 1880, one of six children born to Thomas Cox (1840-1919) a farm labourer and

1st Garrison Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment John George Cox was born in Cheltenham in 1883. His parents were John Cox (1858-1889) and his wife Catherine (nee Nash: 1856-1916). Besides John, the couple had two children, Ellen Louisa Winifred (born 1879) and Charles Samuel (born 1888). Following the death of her husband, Catherine remarried in 1893, to