Remembering

7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick George Smith was born in Gloucester on 24 October 1890. He was the only child of John and Rhoda Smith, who lived in Hartington Road in the Linden district of Gloucester. Frederick’s early schooling was spent in Gloucester and at the age of 13 he became a ‘pupil teacher’, as […]

1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment At the start of the Great War, William Charles Christie resided at Chesterton, Cirencester. Married with a young son., he was born in Cardiff on 13 December 1872, the son of a ship owner. William was educated at Rugby School and Sandhurst and commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in

2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment William Joseph Hopkins was born at Charlton Kings in 1884, one of a family of nine children born to Joseph William Hopkins and his wife Fanny. On 2 October 1903, at the age of 19, he joined the Army in Cardiff and was posted to the Welsh (or ‘Welch’) Regiment. Unfortunately

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert George Bridges was born on 19 January 1896 at Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire. He was the eldest of four children born to Edward William Bridges and his wife Elizabeth. By the time of the 1911 Census the family had moved to Station Cottage at Gotherington and George (he appears to have been

1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Henry George Sheppard was born in Quenington, the son of James and Mary Sheppard, and later lived in Bibury. The 1901 census shows the family as – James, 33, and Mary, 37, plus children Mary, 14; Fenella, 12; Henry, 9, James, 7; May, 4. After leaving school Henry initially worked as

1/7 Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers George Rupert Hailstone was born at Southsea, Hampshire on 20 November 1893. He appears to have been known as Rupert and was one of eight children born to Commander Walter Hailstone RN and his wife Mary Beatrice. The family home was at 21 Lansdowne Terrace, Cheltenham. Rupert attended Glengarth Preparatory

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Henry James Fisher was born in Stroud on 23 March 1898 to Henry and Alice Fisher (née Tooze). He enlisted at Gloucester on 12 September 1914, stating his age as 17 years and six months (he was actually a year younger), having previously been employed in the office of the Stroud

‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Job Millin (as he was known) was born at Ampney St Peter, near Cirencester on 28 April 1879. He was one of eight sons born to John Millin (who died when Job was eight) and his wife Louisa. Job was a career soldier, who had joined

Royal Navy – HMS Louvain Norman James Ridler was born at Stroud on 26 March 1898, one of four children born to Henry James and Esther L Ridler. After completing his elementary education, he lived at the family home in Painswick and worked in a pin factory before joining the Royal Navy as a Boy

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards George Ingram was born on 6 August 1891 at Shorncote (situated halfway between Kemble and South Cerney). After leaving school he worked as a farm labourer and on 1 May 1912, he joined the Gloucestershire Constabulary, as a Constable and was given the Warrant No 3997: four months later he was

‘A’ Battery, 76th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Albert Harry Heath, known as Harry, was the son of Albert, the licensee of the Crown Inn, Long Street, Dursley and Anne Heath, who worked in the local telephone exchange. He was born in Dursley in 1890 and before the war had worked at R A Lister &