Gloucestershire War Graves Project

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Herbert Stafford Cox was born in Minchinhampton to Joseph and Ellen (Latham) Cox in October 1887. At the 1911 Census, Joseph stated they had been married for 34 years and had nine children of whom seven were still living. Herbert was one of only two sons. Joseph’s occupation was carpenter. At […]

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Frank Ernest Sidney Cox was born in Longhope, Gloucestershire in the third quarter of 1895, the son of Henry and Clara Cox, who later lived at 14 Chapel Street, Cheltenham. Before the war he worked on Kayte Farm for Mr Frank Burroughs and enlisted in the 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment late

Royal Navy – HMS Vivid Ernest Charles Cornock was the eldest son of Charles and Millicent Cornock of Valley Road, Wotton-under-Edge. Ernest was born on 16 June 1896. As a young man Ernest joined the Scouting Movement, one of the first Wotton boys so to do. He was also a chorister at St Mary’s Church,

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Edward Cornock was born at Wotton-underEdge in the second quarter of 1878. He was the son of John and Hannah Cornock. On 2 August 1903 he married Bessie Carter at St Mary’s Church and the couple went on to have eight children, all girls except the youngest, Albert Edward, born

26th Light Railway Section, Royal Engineers William Josiah Chivers was born in July 1886 at Rainbow Hill, Worcester. He was the son of Henry Thomas Chivers and his wife Elizabeth (née Pulman), who had married in February 1882 and had five children. The eldest child was Ada (born 1883) followed by Cecil Henry John (1885),

265th (1st Welsh Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Norman’s birth was registered in Stroud in the second quarter of 1887 but he was not baptised until March 1900 at the same time as his brothers Gerald, 16 and Albert, 15. Norman Gilbert Chew was the youngest of six children born to Albert and Frances Chew.

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Lancelot Conway Chess was born at Gotherington, Cleeve, Gloucestershire in early 1878. His mother was Anna Amelia Chess, who appears to have been known as ‘Hannah’. Born in 1846, she appears have never married and died in 1926. The 1881 census shows her living at Gotherington with four children — Arthur

Labour Corps It has proved difficult to ascertain accurate information about Thomas Chamberlain. The National Archives holds a Medal Index Card for him, and this states that he originally served as a Gunner (number 86119) in the Royal Field Artillery, a fact confirmed in the CWGC Register. The card also states that he went to

Royal Army Service Corps George Chalk was born in Chelsea, London in 1892 to William (a farmer) and Jessie Chalk, of Chipstead in Surrey. Although originating from London prior to the Great War he was living in Gloucestershire and was employed as a taxi driver by the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd (Cheltenham Branch),

‘A’ Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Charles Edward Chainey was born at Blockley, then part of Worcestershire, on 9 December 1886 and he was the son of William Frederick and Sarah Chainey. According to the 1911 census this couple had fourteen children (all but one surviving at 1911). William Chainey was the landlord of the

22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Odilon Cayer was Canadian born to Samuel and Marie Bouche Cayer of St Octave de Dosquet, Co. Lotbiniere (which is in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec). He was born on 6 September 1893 at St Flavier, Quebec. The service records of those who served in the Canadian Army in the Great