Holy Apostles Church, Cheltenham, War Memorial


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

 

 

Roll of Honour

Holy Apostles Church, Cheltenham

 

Location:  London Road,   Cheltenham

Grid Reference:  SO 961213

Unveiled:  5th June 1921

Names listed on this War Memorial:  44

Last Visited:   September 2002

Imperial War Museum War Memorial Ref:  49549

 

© Mark Newton 03.07.2017 (WMR-49549)

Inscriptions on this War Memorial:  To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Men of this Church who gave their lives in the Great War.

Alphabetical list of names on this Roll of Honour

Adams H I

Adcock H P

Attwood E   *

Baker J B   *

Bond A J T

Bowles W J   *

Brazener A C H

Brinkworth W

Brown J F

Chandler W J   *

Chapman G A   *

Cookley P T   *

Corke H W   *

Crooke E H

Crooke H N

Elliot R C   *

Forbes-Robertson K   *

Foxwell C H

Green A R   *

Hanwell M O   *

Harris T W

Hawkins A   *

Hawkins R   *              

Hill P W     

Hiron A T   *     

Jacobs A H                

Jeffery J                  

Johnston H B H          

Maisey E J                

Mason E C                 

Matthews M   *               

Niblett C                

Randall H F               

Randall S A               

Roberts S   *                 

Sanders J E               

Taylor F W                

Uzzell F C   *                 

Whatley W                

Wheeler H J             

Wiggin D H              

Wiggin N H             

Williams F

Wills A H

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

Notes:

1.   Attwood is buried in Immingham (St Andrew’s) Churchyard.

2.   Baker is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

3.   Bowles is commemorated on the grave of his mother in Cheltenham Cemetery.

4.   Chandler is commemorated on the family grave in Charlton Kings (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

5.   Chapman is commemorated on the family grave in Charlton Kings (St Mary’s) Churchyard.

6.   Cookley is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

7.   Corke’s original battlefield grave marker is located near to the entrance of Cheltenham Cemetery and he is commemorated on a brass plaque in St Lawrence Church Swindon Village.

8.   Elliott’s name was not inscribed onto the Cheltenham War Memorial until 1993.   He is commemorated on the family grave in Charlton Kings (St Mary’s) Churchyard and is also listed on the Manchester Regiment Roll of Honour in Manchester Cathedral.

9.   Forbes-Robertson is commemorated on a plaque in Holy Apostles Church and on a Roll of Honour in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.   He is also commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

10.  Green is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

11.  Hanwell is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

12.  Hawkins brothers are commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

13.  Hiron’s original battlefield grave marker is located near to the entrance of Cheltenham Cemetery and he is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

14.  Johnston is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery.

15.  Matthews is buried in Charlton Kings Cemetery.

16.  Roberts is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.

17.  Uzzell is commemorated on a plaque in the Holy Apostles Church.

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

19.  Holy Apostles Church website can be seen here.

 

 

HOLY APOSTLES CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR

London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham

Name on Memorial Actual Name Number Rank Regt/Corps/Unit Died Age Cause Location Cemetery/Memorial Notes
ADAMS H I Hugh Irving Lt 1st Bn Hants Regt 1-Jul-16 34 KIA France – Beaumont Sucrerie Military Cemetery,  CH   COL
                  Hamel, Somme Colincamps, France  
ADCOCK H P Hubert Percy Deal/244(S) Spr Royal Marine Divisional 15-Jun-15 23 DOI Greece  –  Lemnos East Mudros Military CH   COL
          Engineers, RND         Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece  
ATTWOOD E Edward 2998662 PO RN – HMS Meteor 24-Jan-15 32 KIA North Sea – Dogger Immingham (St Andrew’s) CH   CK   PE
                  Bank Churchyard  
BAKER J B John Berry 20038 Pte 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt 27-Jun-15 17 A UK – Gravesend Cheltenham Borough CH   AS
                    Cemetery  
BOND A J T Albert John Thomas 6647 Pte 1/20th Bn London Regt 1-Oct-16 19 KIA France – High Wood, Thiepval Memorial, France CK
                  Somme    
BOWLES W J William Joseph 11747 LCpl 19th Hussars 25-Mar-18 21 KIA France – Bapaume Pozieres Memorial, France CH   JN   HC
                       
BRAZENER A C H Albert Charles Henry 4594 Pte 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 2-Nov-16 24 KIA France – Hamel, Somme Thiepval Memorial, France CH   CK   CKC   SA
                       
BRINKWORTH W William 9761 Pte 1st Bn Glos Regt 16-Feb-15 19 DOI France – Lillers Lillers Communal Cemetery, CK   CKC
                    France  
BROWN J F John Franklin 3715 Pte 20th Bn Australian Inf 20-Jul-16 26 KIA France – Pozieres, Villers Bretonneux Memorial, CH
                  Somme France  
CHANDLER W J William Joseph 240670 Sgt 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 17-Aug-17 25 DOW Belgium – Dozinghem Dozinghem Military Cemetery, CK   CKC
                    Belgium  
CHAPMAN G A George Ashley 540 Sgt 1st Bn Black Watch 31-Oct-14 23 KIA Belgium – Gheluvelt Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, CK   CKC   CKW
                    Belgium  
COOKLEY P T Percy Talbot 240020 Sgt 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 21-Jul-16 37 KIA France – Ovillers la Ovillers Military Cemetery, CH
                  Boisselle, Somme France  
CORKE H W Hubert William 2Lt 10th Bn Glos Regt 19-Apr-16 22 KIA France – Hulloch Maroc British Cemetery, CH   SV   GR
                    France  
CROOKE E H Elliott Hampden Capt 8th Bn Glos Regt 3-Jul-16 25 KIA France – La Boisselle, Thiepval Memorial, France CH   CK   COL
                  Somme    
CROOKE H N Hugh Neville 2Lt 67th Fd Coy RE 10-Dec-16 19 KIA France – Beaumont Hamel Military Cemetery, CH   CK   COL
                  Hamel, Somme France  
ELLIOTT R C Reginald Charles 42135 Pte 17th Bn Manchester Regt 31-Jul-17 26 KIA Belgium – Pilckem Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, CH
                  Ridge Ypres, Belgium  
FORBES- K Kenneth Capt 2nd Bn Seaforth Hldrs 7-Nov-14 32 KIA Belgium – Ploegsteert Ploegsteert Memorial, CH   COL
ROBERTSON               Wood Belgium  
FOXWELL C H Charles Henry 49080 Pte 1/8th Bn Lancs Fusiliers 25-Sep-18 19 DOW France – Le Treport Mont Huon Cemetery, CK
                    Le Treport, France  
GREEN A R Arthur Reginald 235850 Cpl Royal Glos Hussars 13-Oct-18 30 DOI UK – Hounslow Cheltenham Borough Cemetery CH   PJ
                       
HANWELL M O Maynell Osborne Mids RN – HMS Defence 31-May-16 16 KIA At sea – Jutland Plymouth Naval Memorial CH
                       
HARRIS T W Thomas William 24733 Pte 8th Bn Glos Regt 3-Jul-16 30 KIA France – La Boisselle, Thiepval Memorial, France CK   CKC
                  Somme    
HAWKINS A Archibald 3243 Pte 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 6-Jun-15 19 KIA Belgium – Ploegsteert Ploegsteert Military Cemetery, CH   CA   CK   CKC   GR
                    Belgium OD
HAWKINS R Reginald Lt 79th Sqn RAF 29-Jul-18 19 KIA France – St Omer Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, CH   CA   CK   CKC   GR
                    France  
HILL P W Percival Walter 36006 Pte 1st Bn Welsh Regt 23-May-15 25 KIA Belgium – Bellewaarde Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, CH   CA   CK   CKC   GR
                    Belgium  
HIRON A T Arthur Thomas 50672 Pte 1/6th Bn North Staffs Regt 15-Oct-18 38 DOW France – Le Treport Mont Huon Cemetery, CH   PA   HTS
                    Le Treport, France  
JACOBS A H Albert Harold 28946 Pte 15th Bn Hants Regt 4-Sep-18 19 KIA France – River Lys Vormezeele Enclosure CH   LU   SA   GR
                    Cemetery, France  
JEFFERY J James 24731 Pte 7th Bn Glos Regt 25-Feb-17 38 KIA Mesopotamia – Kut  Basra Memorial, Iraq CK   CKC
                       
JOHNSTON H B H Hugh Bertie Henriques Maj 65th Bde RGA 24-Oct-16 39 DOW France – Mametz, Flatiron Copse Cemetery, CH
                  Somme France  
MAISEY E J Edmund John 11988 Pte 10th Bn Glos Regt 13-Oct-15 30 KIA France – Lens Loos Memorial, France CH
                       
MASON E C Edward Charles 1649 Cpl 1/6th Bn Welsh Regt 18-Feb-16 30 KIA France – Loos St Patrick’s Cemetery, Loos, CH   SA   OD
                    France  
MATTHEWS M Mervyn Lt Royal Engineers 28-Jan-15 21 DOW UK – London Charlton Kings (New Burial CK   CKC
                    Ground) Cemetery  
NIBLETT C Charles 38978 Pte 1st Bn DCLI 31-Aug-18 19 KIA France – Bapaume Vis-en-Artois Memorial, CH   PO   OD
                    France  
RANDALL H F Harry Frederick 39382 Pte 8th Bn Glos Regt 30-May-18 20 KIA France – Coemy Soissons Memorial, France CH
                       
RANDALL S A Sidney Albert 13315 Pte 8th Bn Glos Regt 28-Jul-17 25 KIA Belgium – Oosttaverne Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, CH   JN   CA
                    Belgium  
ROBERTS S Stanley 3641 Pte 1/5th Bn Glos Regt 27-Aug-15 29 DOI UK – Winchester Cheltenham Borough Cemetery CH  AS
                       
SANDERS J E John Emerton 2Lt 17th Bn Lancs Fusiliers 25-Aug-16 20 KIA France – Bazentin Ridge, Thiepval Memorial, France CH   HC
                  Somme    
TAYLOR F W Frederick William 202957 CSM 4/4th Bn Kings African 8-Dec-17 31 DOI Africa – Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, CH   CA   
          Rifles         Tanzania  
UZZELL F C Francis Claude 2Lt 2/5th Bn Royal Warks Regt 3-Feb-18 21 DOW France – Muille Ham British Cemetery, Muille, CH  CK
                    France  
WHATLEY W Walter 33720 Pte 14th Bn Royal Warks Regt 27-Feb-18 27 KIA Italy – Montello Giavera British Cemetery, CK   CKC
                    Italy  
WHEELER H J Henry John 20712 Pte 4th Bn Grenadier Guards 4-Oct-15 32 DOW France – Loos Loos Memorial, France CK   CKC
                       
WIGGIN D H Douglas Holme Lt 1st Bn Glos Regt 23-Dec-14 19 DOW France – Lillers Lillers Communal Cemetery, CK
                    France  
WIGGIN N H Noel Holme Lt 36th Bde Ammo Col RFA 11-Jan-17 25 KIA Mesopotamia – Kut al Basra Memorial, Iraq CK   COL
                  Amara    
WILLIAMS F Frank M2/048255 Cpl 774th MT Coy ASC 28-Jan-19 24 DOI France – Boulogne Terlincthun Cemetery, CK
                    Boulogne, France  
WILLS A H Arthur Herbert 42365 2AM 102 Sqn RAF 19-Nov-18 19 DOI France – Cambrai Awoignt British Cemetery, CK
                    Cambrai, France  

 

 

 

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