Cheltonians Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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

Cheltonians Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving, Or Had Previously Served With

1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment TF

Ref	Name	Rank	Number	Date Died	Cause	Loc	Age	Memorials
1	AMERY Ernest John	Pte	3084	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH JN WE GR
2	ARKELL Oliver	Pte	1106	23rd March 1918	DOI	UK	25	PA (Note 2)
3	BLACK Andrew James	Pte	1897	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	24	CH CK CKC SS
4	BLAKE Fred	Pte	3136	1st August 1916	DOW	FR	21	CH HT SA
5	BRAZENER Albert Charles Henry	Pte	4594	2nd November 1916	KIA	FR	24	CH HA SA CK CKC
6	BRIEN Charles	2Lt	–	27th August 1916	KIA	FR	23	CH GR
7	BROWN Stanley	Pte	3008	17th April 1916	KIA	FR	24	CH
8	BULLINGHAM Claude Granville	Pte	241030	5th April 1917	KIA	FR	21	CH SM PA SA
9	CARTER Gilbert William	Pte	241264	14th July 1916	KIA	FR	30	CH SA
10	CAUSON Sidney Albert	Pte	2473	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	21	CKC
11	CHALLENGER Arthur Estwick	LCpl	2629	23rd July 1916	DOW	FR	21	CH MK
12	CHANDLER William Joseph	Sgt	240670	17th August 1917	DOW	BE	25	CK CKC HA
13	CHESS Ernest Henry	LCpl	240910	16th August 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH AS SA
14	CHILD William David	Pte	241183	5th April 1917	KIA	FR	22	CH
15	CLEMENTS Charles Frederick	Pte	240090	27th March 1920	DOI	UK	25	CH SM
16	COLE Reginald William	Pte	1844	12th May 1915	KIA	BE	22	CH SA PA
17	COLES Charles Arthur	Pte	240171	15th June 1918	KIA	IT	24	CH PA JN HC
18	COOK Albert Reginald	Pte	2777	22nd March 1916	DOI	UK	21	CH MK
19	COOKLEY Percy Talbot	Sgt	240020	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	37	CH HA
20	COOLE Frederick Albert	LSgt	240178	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	22	CH AS
21	COOPER William Henry	Pte	20249	11th April 1917	DOI	UK	29	CH SA SJS
22	COSSENS William Thomas	Pte	4851	23rd July 1916	DOW	FR	30	CH PA
23	CREECH Alfred Edgar	Pte	2219	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	22	CH HT
24	DAVIS Albert Ernest	Pte	241310	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	23	CH SM
25	DOWNES William Norman	Pte	4797	18th November 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH
26	DRAPER Frederick Melville	Pte	240857	5th April 1917	KIA	FR	24	LB
27	ENOCH Alfred William George MM	LCpl	2528	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	24	CH LK LKC PJ
28	EVANS Reginald Wilfred	Pte	241259	18th October 1918	KIA	FR	22	CH PA
29	FEAR George Francis	Pte	1998	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	19	CH AS JN
30	GARNER Edward	Sgt	2535	14th August 1916	KIA	FR	28	CH SJ SJS
31	GILES Charles William	Pte	1896	24th January 1915	DOI	UK	22	CH
32	HAWKINS Archibald	Pte	3243	6th June 1915	KIA	BE	19	CH CA HA CK CKC OD
33	HUNT Owen Joseph	Pte	241617	16th April 1916	KIA	FR	40	CH
34	IDDLES Arthur Charles	Pte	2064	19th November 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH SM
35	JAMES John Thomas	Pte	240981	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	21	PR PRC GR
36	JELFS Alfred Ernest	Pte	2174	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	23	CH HT HTS AS
37	JENKINS Edward Charles	Pte	241036	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH
38	JENKINS William Alfred	Pte	240436	5th April 1917	KIA	FR	22	CH PA
39	KEEN Edward Lewis	Pte	240381	27th August 1916	KIA	FR	21	CH PA SA
40	KING Ernest John	Pte	241453	27th August 1916	KIA	FR	22	CH
41	LANE Henry Arthur	Pte	240252	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	21	CH LU AS
42	MASLIN Arthur George	Pte	4490	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	20	CH MKM
43	MATTHEWS Horace Eli	Cpl	240618	4th November 1918	KIA	FR	26	CH PE
44	MATTHEWS William Henry	Pte	2548	21st December 1915	DOW	FR	21	CH HT SA
45	MORGAN William Harry	Sgt	378	13th May 1915	KIA	BE	36	CH PA OD
46	OLIVER Gilbert Norman	Pte	293325	15th June 1918	KIA	IT	21	CH AS
47	ORGAN George Henry	Pte	241639	15th June 1918	KIA	IT	40	CH LU
48	POWIS Frank	Pte	3608	14th August 1916	KIA	FR	22	CH
49	RAWLINGS Charles William Ernest	2Lt	–	28th September 1917	DOW	BE	22	CH PA SA (Note 3)
50	RICKETTS George Hume MM	Cpl	2562	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	30	CH JN GR PAC
51	ROBERTS Albert Edward	Pte	2563	6th July 1916	KIA	FR	22	BA
52	ROBERTS Stanley	Pte	3641	27th August 1915	DOI	UK	29	CH AS HA
53	RODDIS Frederick William	Cpl	240384	18th August 1917	DOW	BE	25	CH
54	SAUNDERS Edward Charles Sims	LCpl	240723	16th August 1917	KIA	BE	32	CK CKC
55	SHORT Charles Edward	LCpl	240629	4th October 1917	KIA	BE	23	CH SM
56	SILVESTER Leslie James	LCpl	1906	20th May 1915	DOW	FR	22	CH CC
57	SIMS Arthur William	Pte	240470	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	21	CH SA
58	SMITH William James	Cpl	1882	18th February 1915	DOI	UK	37	CH JN CK CKC
59	SULLIVAN Daniel William	Cpl	2569	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	28	CH PA
60	SUMMERS Harold George	Pte	3567	27th July 1916	DOW	FR	21	CH LK LKC
61	TRINDER Leslie Frederick	LCpl	240940	6th August 1917	KIA	BE	22	CH JN CA
62	TURNER George Edward	Pte	240177	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	21	CH PR PRC
63	URSELL William Arthur	Pte	241405	16th August 1916	KIA	FR	18	CH PA
64	WELLS William White	LCpl	240676	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	30	CH
65	WILLIAMS Jesse	Pte	240891	29th May 1918	DOI	FR	25	CH (Note 4)
66	WILSON Stanley George	Pte	241021	21st July 1916	KIA	FR	24	PA
67	WINTERBOTHAM Cyril William	Lt	–	27th August 1916	KIA	FR	29	CH PA HT HC COL
68	YOUNG Herbert Frank William	Sgt	463	23rd July 1916	KIA	FR	40	CH PO LU OD
Notes: 1. The 1/5th Battalion was formed in August 1914 from medically fit personnel of the 5th Battalion who had signed the Overseas Service Obligation. 2. ARKELL had been discharged from the Army at the time of his death. 3. RAWLINGS was detached from 1st Bn Glos Regt at the time of his death. 4. WILLIAMS was attached to an artillery unit of the 4th Army at the time of his death. 5. The Gloucestershire Regiment involvement in the Great War can be viewed here.

Battalion History – 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment TF

Unit Formed: 1908 at Gloucester from 2nd Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment	Home Station: The Barracks, Gloucester
Mobilised: 4th August 1914. 1/5th Battalion and 2/5th Battalion formed at Gloucester in September 1914. 3/5th Battalion formed at Gloucester April 1915
Landed in France and joined BEF on 29th March 1915, part of 145th Infantry Brigade 48th (1st South Midland) Division). Served in France and Flanders and, from November 1917 to September 1918, in Italy. Returned to France in September 1918 and joined 75th Infantry Brigade of 25th Division. At The Armistice the unit was based at Preux, near Landrecies.
War Casualties: 32 officers (7 from other Regiments) and 557 soldiers.
16 Battle Honours, earned at: France and Flanders 1915 – 1917, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Pozieres, Broodseinde, Polygon Wood, Poelcapelle, Cambrai 1918, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Selle, Sambre, Italy 1917 – 18, and Piave.

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