Remembering

1st Battalion Rifle Brigade John Banks Jenkinson was born on 9 June 1881 in London. He was the eldest son of Sir George and Lady Jenkinson of Eastwood Park, Falfield (now part of South Gloucestershire). Educated at Harrow School and Sandhurst, he was a career soldier. He joined the Rifle Brigade in 1899 and served […]

1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment William James was born in Cinderford in 1898. He was one of seven children, and the eldest son, of Elijah and Jane James of Bilson Green, Cinderford. After leaving school he was employed at The Crump Meadow Colliery near his home. By 1918 lads such as William James were being conscripted

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division (US Army) Sydney Richard James was born on 22 September 1890, the son of Thomas and Matilda James of Nelson Green, near Cinderford. After leaving school he worked at the Arthur and Edward Colliery at Lydbrook. On 9 September 1914 he sailed, with his younger brother Walter, from Liverpool to

2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards William Edgar Holmes was born on 26 June 1895 at Wood Stanway, Gloucestershire. He was the second son of Edward and Elizabeth Holmes (née Stanley), was educated at Church Stanway and became a groom on the Stanway Estate, working alongside his father who was a tree-feller. He joined the Gloucester Regiment

1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Richard Compton Jackson was born in Gloucester in 1895, the only son of a father of the same name, a commercial traveller, and his wife Mary Eliza. At the time of the 1911 Census Richard junior) was at school and the family lived at Rose Villa, Lightpill, Stroud. Unfortunately Richard’s service

1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment William Henry Ireland poignantly died of wounds on Christmas Day 1914 near Festubert. He was born at St Mary’s in Cheltenham and lived with his parents in All Saints Road. In July 1903 he enlisted in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and served with them for seven years. When war broke

1/1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment Arthur Vincent Holman was born in Prestbury in 1877, the only son of five children born to George and Amy Holman. He was a volunteer in the active service company of the old Cheltenham Rifles and volunteered to serve with 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, during the South African War, rising

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment John Francis Ireland and Frederick James Ireland were the two youngest sons of Arthur and Fanny Ireland. The brothers were brought up in the family home in Butt Green, Painswick. They volunteered together in 1914 and were posted to the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Both were sent with

10th Gloucestershire Regiment John Francis Ireland and Frederick James Ireland were the two youngest sons of Arthur and Fanny Ireland. The brothers were brought up in the family home in Butt Green, Painswick. They volunteered together in 1914 and were posted to the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Both were sent with the

1/19th London Regiment Roland Innocent was a member of a well-known local family that lived in Sherborne House and ran the auctioneer business Innocent & Son that exists today as Moore, Allen & Innocent. He was born on 21 October 1899 and attended prep school at Southsea and then Shaftesbury Grammar School. He originally served

A Coy, 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment The four sons of Mr & Mrs Hughes. In the front row are Albert, on the left and Harry, on the right. Almost 200 sets of brothers have been identified as having died on the same day whilst serving with British and Empire forces in the Great War. One