Remembering

Royal Air Force In St Martin’s Churchyard at Charlton Abbots, near Sudeley there is only one Great War-related war grave. It is that of Allan John Braine Meikle who was born at Barnham, Suffolk in 1900 and came from a farming family. Latterly the family relocated to Cotehay Farm, Andoversford and Allan was educated at […]

1st Field Company, Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force Archie Evatt Bland was a Gloucester boy, who like many of his compatriots, had emigrated to the Dominions but returned to fight for ‘the old country’ in its hour of need. He was born in Gloucester in early 1885, the son of Samuel Bland who was a

Royal Naval Air Service Herbert Joseph Page was born in Cheltenham on 22 February 1890. He was one of three sons and a daughter born to Frederick Joseph Page and his wife Ann Eliza. His elder brother Frederick Handley Page, was the founder of the Handley Page Aircraft Company. At the time of the Great

11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Lloyd (his preferred name) Abell was born at Leckhampton on 18 November 1887. He was the son of Howard C Abell and his wife Eleanor, who died two days after his birth. They lived at Marlborough House, Witcombe. After being educated at Crypt Grammar School, Gloucester, Lloyd undertook a teacher training

‘B’ Squadron, 1/1 Battalion, Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Henry Francis Clifford was the only son of Henry James Clifford and his wife Annie of Frampton Court, Court, Frampton-on-Severn. The Frampton Court estate had been in the Clifford family since the 11th century. Born on 19 August 1871 Henry was educated at Haileybury College and

1/5 Battalion, Gloucestershire Cyril William Winterbotham may have been destined for a prominent role on the political stage, had the Great War not intervened. He was born in Cheltenham on 27 February 1887 and was one of seven children born to James Batten Winterbotham, a solicitor and Alderman of the town, and his wife Eliza.

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Harold John McKee was born in Gloucester in 1896, one of six children born to James McKee and his wife Susan. James McKee was a blacksmith employed by the Gloucester Wagon Company Limited, better known as the ‘Wagon Works’ and he died in 1911. The census of that year shows the

Royal Marine Light Infantry (Portsmouth Battalion) George Frederick Morgan was born at Great Malvern on 9 January 1895, one of five children born to George Morgan and his wife Clara. By the time of the 1901 Census the family had moved to Leonard Road, Tredworth, Gloucester. Upon leaving school George was employed as a grocer’s

Royal Navy, Submarine E.18 Walter Luke Landale was one of three sons born to Walter and Ethel Maud Landale. He was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire on 8 December 1889. but by 1911 the family home was The Hayes, Prestbury. In May 1905, at the age of 16, Walter entered Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as

28th Battalion (Northwest) Canadian Infantry Leonard Herbert Lambley was born in Tetbury on 5 January 1890. He was one of twelve children born to William and Mary Eliza Lambley. His mother died in 1903 and left with a large family his father probably encouraged him to emigrate to Canada, which he did in August 1906,