Cleeve Hill War Memorial

   LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear

Roll of Honour

St Peter’s Church, Cleeve Hill, Glos

Location:  St Peter’s Church, Cleeve Hill

Grid Reference:   SO 981268

Unveiled:

Names on this War Memorial:   14

Last Visited:   April 2003

IWM War Memorial Ref:   20805

  Copyright:  David J James, 2003

Inscriptions on this War Memorial:  In Grateful and Affectionate Memory of the Men of Cleeve Hill and Southam whose names are here recorded, who fought for the freedom of the World and died in the Great War 1914 – 1919                         God Save The King

Alphabetical list of names on this Roll of Honour

Bailey D

Barnett L   *

Coombes W

Coupland-Smith V

Gilder G

Goodall J

Holder R

Hopcraft Paul

Hopcraft Peter

Large G   *

Robinson R   *

Smith E

Stephenson E

Surman L

Those marked with * should be linked with the notes against their name below.

Full service details of those named on the War Memorial can be seen at the foot of this page.

Notes:   

1.   Barnett is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

2.   Large is commemorated on the family grave in Bishops Cleeve (St Michael’s) Churchyard.

3.   Robinson was most probably George Robinson, known as Dick.   He is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

4.   All are commemorated on the Bishops Cleeve War Memorial and on the Southam War Memorial.

5.   All are commemorated in the Roll of Honour pages.

St Peter’s Church Roll of Honour

Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham, Glos

Name on Memorial

Actual Name

Number

Rank

Regt/Unit

Died

Age

Cause

Location

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

BAILEY

D

Donald William

–

2Lt

1st Bn Glos Regt

04-Oct-17

23

KIA

Belgium – Broodseinde

Tyne Cot Cemetery,

BC  SO

Belgium

BARNETT

L

Lionel 

–

Lt

6th Bn Yorks Regt

06-Feb-17

24

A

UK – Whitchurch

Cheltenham Cemetery

CH  LU  BC  SO

COOMBES

W

Wilfred James

241526

Pte

14th Bn Glos Regt

21-Oct-17

20

KIA

Belgium – Passchendaele

Tyne Cot Memorial,

CH  BC  SO

Belgium

COUPLAND-SMITH  V

Frederick Vyvyan

–

Lt

173rd Bde RFA

02-Jul-17

21

KIA

Belgium – Ypres

Lone Tree Cemetery,

BC  SO

Belgium

GILDER

G

George Richard

PLY/780(S)

Pte

RMLI – Deal Bn RND

13-Jul-15

24

KIA

Gallipoli – Achi Baba

Helles Memorial,

BC  SO

Turkey

GOODALL

J

John

16195

Pte

10th Bn Glos Regt

13-Oct-15

22

KIA

France – Loos

Loos Memorial,

BC  SO

France

HOLDER

R

Reginald Charles

41011

Pte

2/7th Bn R Warks Regt

18-May-18

18

DOW

France – Aire sur Lys

Aire Cemetery,

BC  SO

France

HOPCRAFT

P

Peter

–

Lt

97 Sqn RAF

28-Oct-18

19

KIA

France – Vosges

Charmes Military

BC  SO

Cemetery, France

HOPCRAFT

P

George Paul

–

Mids

RN – HMS Queen Mary

31-May-16

16

KIA

At sea – Jutland

Portsmouth Naval

BC  SO

Memorial

LARGE

G

George Frederick

105351

Pte

PPCLI

30-Oct-17

26

KIA

Belgium – Passchendaele

Passchendaele New

BC  SO

Cemetery, Belgium

ROBINSON 

R

George (Dick)

T/291142

Dvr

RASC Clearing Office

27-Feb-19

37

DOI

UK – Cheltenham

Cheltenham Cemetery

BC  SO

SMITH

E

Edward

13369

LSgt

10th Bn Glos Regt

05-May-17

19

DOW

France – Chuignolles

Bray Military

BC  SO

Cemetery, France

STEPHENSON

E

Bernard Ernest

12238

Pte

7th Bn Glos Regt

08-Aug-15

NK

KIA

Gallipoli – Chunuk Bair

Helles Memorial,

BC  SO

Turkey

SURMAN

L

Leslie Howard

40549

Sgt

4th Bn Worcs Regt

14-Oct-18

21

KIA

Belgium – Ledeghem

Ledeghem Military

BC  SO  GR

Cemetery, Belgium

MM and Bar