Remembering

Royal Flying Corps David Roderick Eccles was a Canadian, who lived in the USA and who volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps, training in Canada before arriving in Gloucestershire. He was born in 1899, to parents who lived in St John’s, New Brunswick. They died when he was in his early teens and he went […]

1st Battalion Welsh Guards John Gregory was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Gregory of 2 Fairhaven Street, Cheltenham. According to the 1911 Census the couple had ten children, of whom nine were still living at that time. John was born in about 1891. He enlisted for service on 6 January 1915, stating his

10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Edward Stephen Earle was born at 77 Bisley Old Road, Stroud in 1893, one of eight children to James and Ellen Earle. The 1911 census shows Edward was a general labourer. In 1912 Edward married Florence Emily Pitt, they had four children; James and Rose who both died within weeks

12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Nelson Green (baptised John Nelson) was born on 24 January 1894 to William and Sarah Jane Green who lived on the Green, Sheepscombe. Nelson was in the building trade and was employed by Messrs Orchard and Peer at Woodchester Rectory. His father and brothers Percy, Frederick and Raymond, worked in the

8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Raymond Green, known as Raymond, was born on 7 August 1896 in Sheepscombe. He had three brothers and a sister. His parents William and Sarah Jane lived on the Green in Sheepscombe. William was a stone mason and builder, and his four sons would later join him in the same

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Lionel Victor (Vic) Gray was born in 1894, the son of Mrs Alexandra Gray of 29 Lansdown, Stroud. He emigrated to Canada in 1912 and when the war was declared volunteered at once, arriving in England with the first contingent of Canadian troops. After training he and his unit went to

1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Arthur Gordon was born in Croydon on 17 August 1894 but attended the British School in Wotton-under-Edge from September 1900 to June 1908. He enlisted at Wotton-under-Edge as a Special Reservist, joined the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was sent to France on 19 September 1914. He was involved in

87th Battery Royal Field Artillery Charles Henry Goddard was born in 1894, the son of Charles and Clara Goddard of 44 Park Street, Gloucester. The exact circumstances of how Charles Goddard incurred his mortal wounds are unclear, but it is possible that they were sustained during actions that he took part in, as part of

2nd Life Guards William Gilleece Dutton was born in Forthampton in 1889, one of five children of Henry and Mary Dutton. Henry had also been born in Forthampton whilst Mary came from King’s County (now Offaly), Ireland; Mary’s maiden name is unknown but may well have been Gilleece as that has Irish roots. Henry was

1st (Royal) Dragoons Thomas Philip Dorington was born on 22 May 1877, the third son of Major General and Mrs R Temple Godman, of Highden, Pulborough, Sussex. He adopted the surname of Dorington in 1913, upon inheriting the estate of Lypiatt Park, near Stroud, from a cousin and god-father, Sir John Dorington, Bart. He was

1st Battalion, Border Regiment James Travers Blount Dinwiddie was born on 25 April 1891 at Dumfries, Scotland. He was the son of James Blount and Agnes-Ellen Dinwiddie. Prior to the war he was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, followed by Pembroke College, Oxford, where he gained an honours degree in law. He was a keen