LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear |
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Cheltonians Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving, or Had Served With 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment TF |
Ref |
Name |
Rank |
Number |
Date Died |
Cause |
Loc |
Age |
Memorials |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
GURNEY Kenneth Gerard |
2Lt |
– |
17th December 1917 |
POW |
BE |
30 |
CH PA HC |
2 |
PERRY Herbert Sidney |
Pte |
203571 |
2nd December 1917 |
KIA |
FR |
30 |
CH PA |
3 |
PONTING Richard Sully |
Pte |
266985 |
2nd December 1917 |
KIA |
FR |
34 |
CH SS |
4 |
REEVES Lionel Hubert Frank |
Pte |
203478 |
15th March 1917 |
KIA |
FR |
19 |
CH JN |
5 |
SAVORY James |
Pte |
267534 |
24th August 1917 |
DOW |
BE |
34 |
CH PE |
Notes: 1. The 2/6th Battalion was formed in August 1914 initially from medically unfit personnel of the 6th Battalion and those who had not signed the Overseas Service Obligation. 2. The Battalion was disbanded on 20th February 1918 in France with personnel being transferred to other Infantry Battalions and to the 24th Entrenching Battalion. 3. The Gloucestershire Regiment involvement in the Great War can be seen here. |
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