LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear |
Roll of Honour The Elms, Cheltenham |
Location: St Paul’s Church, Cheltenham |
Grid Reference: SO 947232 |
Unveiled: 15th January 1920 |
Names on this War Memorial: 8 |
Last Visited: August 2001 |
IWM War Memorial Ref: In due course |
The Elms Children’s Home. In the early 1900s, the Cheltenham Union established a children’s home known as The Elms on Swindon Road, Cheltenham, adjacent to the Workhouse. It could house up to 100 children. |
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Inscriptions on this War Memorial: To The Glory Of God and in Memory of the Boys Connected with the Elms Who Fell in the Great War 1914 – 1919. |
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Alphabetical list of names on this Roll of Honour |
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Clapham, Arthur G * Gammon, Robert * Gill, Frank W Hall, Edward J * Harford, Maurice * Mullis, Harry * Pulham, Albert * Purveur, Walter |
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Those above marked with * should be linked with the notes against their name below. |
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Notes: 1. Clapham is buried in Charlton Kings Cemetery. 2. Gammon has yet to be identified. 3. Hall has yet to be identified. 4. Harford is buried in Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery. 5. Mullis is probably Mulliss. 6. Pulham is probably Arthur Pulham. 7. The unveiling of this War Memorial was published in the Gloucestershire Echo on 16th January 1920. 7. All are commemorated in the Roll of Honour pages. |
The Elms Roll of Hour | |||||||||||
St Paul’s Church, Cheltenham | |||||||||||
Name on Memorial | Actual Name | Number | Rank | Regt/Corps/Unit | Died | Age | Cause | Location | Cemetery/Memorial | Notes | |
CLAPHAM | Arthur G | Arthur George | TR/8/30964 | Pte | 53rd (YS) Bn Hants Regt | 19-Oct-18 | 17 | DOI | UK – Durrington | Charlton Kings Cemetery | |
GAMMON | Robert | ||||||||||
GILL | Frank W | Frank William | 3020 | Pte | Royal Glos Hussars | 29-Sep-16 | 20 | DOI | POW – Turkey | Baghdad (North Gate) | CH |
Memorial, Iraq | |||||||||||
HALL | Edward J | ||||||||||
HARFORD | Maurice | Maurice | 52425 | Pte | 12th Bn Somerset LI | 05-Apr-19 | NK | DOI | UK – Lincoln | Lincoln Cemetery | |
MULLIS | Harry | Henry Francis | 20310 | Pte | 2nd Bn Glos Regt | 31-Oct-16 | 23 | KIA | Salonica – Lake Doiran | Struma Military | CH PE |
MULLISS | Cemetery, Greece | ||||||||||
PULHAM | Albert | Arthur William | 9831 | Pte | 1st Bn Glos Regt | 24-Dec-18 | 24 | DOI | POW of Germany | Hamburg Cemetery, | CH |
Germany | |||||||||||
PURVEUR | Walter | Walter John | 28969 | Pte | 2/4th Bn Hants Regt | 04-Nov-18 | 18 | DOW | France – River Sambre | Ruesnes Cemetery, | CH PE HT |
France |
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