Gloucestershire War Graves Project

878th Horse Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps Regrettably I have been unable to establish Andrew Charles Buchanan’s parentage but know he had at least two siblings, Robert and James. Although no age was given on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) records or his memorial, based on the cemetery record Andrew would have been […]

Royal Navy – HMS Senator Robert Edward Bubb was the youngest of 10 children born to William and Gertrude Bubb, at that time living at 65 Alfred Street, Gloucester, according to the 1901 Census. Edward was born on 6 February 1900 at Gloucester. His father was an engine driver. He joined the Royal Navy (conscripted?)

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles John Bruce was a former professional soldier who volunteered to serve his country once again, upon the outbreak of the Great War. He was born in Chipping Campden in 1882, one of seven children born to Charles Bruce, a Scot (1853-1918), a labourer and his locally born wife, Rosa Ellen

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Hugh Godfrey de Lisle Bush was born on 1 April 1892 at The Elms, Alveston (near Thornbury), the son of Alfred George de Lisle Bush and Florence Katherine de Lisle Bush (née Lysaght). He was the eldest of three sons and a daughter born to the above. His father was an

4th Battalion, Australian Infantry Bernard John Browning was born at Upton on Severn, Worcestershire in 1887. From 1897 until April 1910 he lived with his parents (Albert James and Harriet Laura Browning) at Severn Farm, near Quedgeley, when he emigrated to New South Wales in Australia and became a vehicle driver. He applied to join

Royal Air Force Hedley Goldsmith Browne was born 15 June 1888 at Norwich, the son of John Goldsmith and Edith A Browne. His father was an insurance clerk. According to 1901 Census the couple had three sons and one daughter and the family lived at 26 York Street, Norwich. Prior to his military service Hedley

3rd/1st South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery William Thomas Brown was born in Tewkesbury in the latter part of 1893. He was the son of John Brown (a waterman) and his wife Fanny. According to the 1911 Census the couple had nine children, of whom seven were living at the time of the census (John,

4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment William Ernest Brothers was born on 19 September 1879 at Camden Town, north London. His parents were Major (name not rank) John Brothers (1884-1919) and his wife Eliza Matilda (née Stocks: 1841-1913). According to the 1911 Census the couple had eight children of whom five had survived by that time. Private

Royal Army Medical Corp William Brooks is a case where, in the absence of an Army Service or Pension Record, very little is known of his military service. In fact, likewise, it has been very difficult to find anything relating to his early life. He appears to have been born in Mickleton, in about 1897.

Royal Army Service Corps Frederick Brice was born at Wellington, Somerset in 1895. He was the son of William and Ellen Brice, of the Grove Inn, Appley, Stawley, Wellington, Somerset. He enlisted in the Army, for the duration of the War, at Wiveliscombe, Devon, on 17 September 1915. He gave his address as Meadlands, Appley,

Royal Navy – HMS Vivid George Stephen Braxton was born in Birmingham on 2 June 1891 according to his Service Record in the National Archives (ADM188/907). However, this cannot be verified. He died on 11 February 1921 at Gloucester and the age given in the Register of Deaths is 37, which would equate to birth