Gloucestershire War Graves Project

2nd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment John Edward Cobb was born in Gloucester in 1879 and it is known that he was baptised on 19 August in that year. He was the son of Jesse (1837-1902) and Sarah Cobb (née Ruther; 1838-1893) and one of three children. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the […]

13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment James Campbell is the only soldier who I’ve researched who has no historic connection with thecounty of Gloucestershire. He is buried at Stroud Old Cemetery. James appears on the roll of Ireland’s Memorial Records stating that he was born in Fintona, County Tyrone, Ireland. The only record on Ancestry is inclusion

3/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Reginald Percy James Cambridge was born in Gloucester in the first half of 1895 and it is known he was baptised on 11 April 1915. He was the son of Thomas Lane Cambridge, a plumber, glazier and carpenter and his wife Sarah (née Chappel), who lived at Walton House, Southgate Street,Gloucester.

8th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Thomas Clutterbuck was born at Bedminster, Bristol on 1 September 1877, the son of Andrew Sydney and Beda Thealia Clutterbuck. His father, a steam tramcar engine driver, had been a corporal in the Artillery, who had served in the Zulu War. On 11 November 1893 the family (parents plus

54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Albert Ross Callaghan was born in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) in 1887. When he attested he was living in the Surry Hills locality of Sydney and his occupation was a tailor. He gave his next of kin as his mother, Emily Jane Callaghan of Victoria Street, Kogarah, NSW. His attestation,

51st (Graduated) Battalion, South Wales Borderers Albert Edward Clutterbuck was a young soldier, who appears to have died very shortly after discharge on medical grounds. He was born in Leonard Stanley in early 1899 (he was baptised on 12 March of that year). His parents were John James Clutterbuck (1865-1956) and his wife Eda Mary

440th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps Richard Henry Clifford was born in 1895 at Nympsfield, near Dursley. He was the son of Robert and Edith Alice (née Jones) Clifford and the couple had six children, Abel, Richard, Edward, Alexandra, Bartimore and Christopher. At the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Townsend, Nympsfield and

11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Abel Clifford was born in 1889 at Pinkney Sherston, Wiltshire. He was the eldest son of Robert and Edith Alice (née Jones) Clifford and the couple had six children, Abel, Richard, Edward, Alexandra, Bartimore and Christopher. At the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at Townsend, Nympsfield and Robert

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Frederick Clements was the youngest son of William and Alice Clements of Oolite, New Street, Cheltenham and was born in Cheltenham in the fourth quarter of 1894. He joined the Territorial Army on 6 November 1911, enlisting as No 1520 in the 1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, with whom he served

393rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery William Henry Bulpit was born in 1881 at Catherington, near Horndean in Hampshire. His parents were Charles Bulpit (1848-1930) and his wife Ann Elizabeth, who also appeared to have Bulpit as her maiden name (1855-1936). The couple appeared to have had two children, William and his brother, George, born in

No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Henry (or Henri) Louis Buland was born in Le Havre in about 1892 and at some point emigrated to Australia. His service papers indicate a sole next of kin – his brother Leon Joseph Buland, who lived at 43 rue Auguste Comte, Le Havre. In civilian life Henry was