Gloucestershire War Graves Project

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Maurice Hubert Weale was born in the third quarter of 1892 in the Parish of St Catherine’s, Gloucester, the son of Henry and Alice Weale: according to the 1901 Census he was the youngest of three children. He enlisted in the 1/5th Glosters on 8 August 1914, within days of the […]

1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Harry Waters was born in 1887, the son of William Henry and Mary Jane (née Tubb) Waters. According to the 1911 Census the couple had seven children, of whom six were surviving in 1911. At the age of 13, Harry was working a telegraph messenger at Cirencester Post Office and

2/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Frederick George Wasley was born in Brockworth, near Gloucester in 1882 and his parents were William Wasley (1856-1936), a bricklayer and his wife Anne (née Packett: 1857-?). Frederick was the second eldest of nine children, of whom seven were living in 1911. In the latter half of 1902 Frederick

5th Battalion, Australian Pioneers James Warren was born, at sea, on 26 December 1883 and was the son of John James Truro and Rose Warren. His father died prior to 1910 and his mother re-married to become Mrs Torrance, who lived at 720 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia. On his enlistment papers James

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Alfred James Warren was born on 7 August 1892 in Westbury-on-Severn and was the son of Sidney William Warren (1862-1900), a farm labourer, and Susannah (formerly Hayward, later Castledine) (1866-1945). Prior to joining the Army he worked as a groom. Alfred enlisted in mid-1915 and had served in France with ‘B’

8th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Patrick George Walsh was born at Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia in 1896 and was the son of Richard and Mary Walsh of Toowoomba, Queensland. He enlisted, at the age of 19, on 5 October 1915, prior to which he had been a bank teller. He had also served for four

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment As Walker’s marriage certificate states his names as Stephen Henry Walker, I searched Ancestry records accordingly. Stephen Henry Walker appears in the Northamptonshire baptism records for Daventry with a baptism date of 26 February 1898 although from enlistment records Walker was born in March 1895. His father was also Stephen Henry

5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards Very little information documentary information has survived relating to Guardsman Walker’s military service but it has been possible to put together a broad outline of it, from what is available. Harry Walker was born in Dumbleton, Gloucestershire in early 1880. He was the son of John Walker (1833-1910), and his wife

1/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Alfred Allen Waldron was born in 1866 at Brixton, London, the son of Allan and Annie Waldron. Alfred had previously served in the National Reserve and enlisted in the Territorial Force, 1/4th Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 7 August 1914, when he stated his age to be aged 39 years and

Army Service Corps Herbert Thomas Walding was born at Ruardean Hill on 9 September 1890, the son of Elijah and Lois Ann Walding. Elijah Walding was a coal miner. In 1911 the family was living at Ruardean Hill and Herbert was a grocer’s assistant. He was unmarried. Herbert was engaged in ‘Home Service’. There is

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Henry John Waylen was born in June 1885 to Edwin Waylen and Emily (formerly Teale). Edwin was born in Berwick Bassett in Wiltshire whilst Emily came from Overbury. They had a total of six children of whom five were still alive in 1911. Edwin married Emily in Tewkesbury in 1877 and