Cheltonians Who Died Whilst Serving With The Labour Corps

Cheltonians Who Died In The Great War

Whilst Serving With The Labour Corps

Ref	Name	Rank	Number	Unit and Previous Regt/Corps	Date Died	Cause	Loc	Age	Memorials
1	ARNOLD George	Pte	44441	75 Coy (Liverpool Regt)	8th August 1917	DOW	BE	34	CH HT
2	BARNETT Edward William	Pte	173147	315 Home Service Coy (Glos Regt)	22nd October 1918	DOI	UK	23	CH
3	BRAZENER George Edwin Arthur	Pte	100246	168 Coy (Devon Regt)	28th February 1919	DOI	FR	31	CH CK CKC
4	COUSINS Thomas Frederick	Pte	90729	659 Employment Coy (Devon Regt)	27th June 1918	DOI	FR	26	CH PE SM
5	CREED William Charles	Pte	4090	648 Labour Coy (Glos Regt)	7th December 1918	DOI	UK	–	PE
6	CROWTHER Charles William	Sgt	708395	Chinese Labour Corps (Welsh Regt)	11th December 1920	DOI	UK	41	SM
7	FISHER Evelyn Vernon Randolph	Pte	104559	175 Coy (Devon Regt)	20th February 1918	DOI	UK	34	CH AS PJ
8	GOULDING Austin John Bert	Pte	140585	659 Employment Coy (Glos Regt)	22nd September 1918	DOI	UK	33	CH CC
9	HALL Mark William	Pte	144796	3 Labour Bn (Devon Regt)	31st July 1917	DOI	UK	19	CH
10	HALLING Henry Francis	Pte	83630	140 Coy (Northants Regt)	19th October 1918	DOI	BE	44	CH PE
11	HART Charles Richard	Pte	596625	Not known	Not known	–	–	–	CH PA PE (Note 2)
12	HUMPHRIES William Charles	Pte	641051	Not known (Glos Regt)	21st January 1921	DOI	UK	24	CH BE
13	JORDAN William Henry	Cpl	246112	440 Agricultural Coy (Glos Regt)	5th November 1918	DOI	UK	28	CH
14	NUNNEY Harry Victor Cripps	Pte	43528	73 Coy (Liverpool Regt)	Not known	–	–	.	BA (Note 3)
15	PAGE John	Pte	102314	171 Coy (Glos Regt)	7th October 1917	KIA	BE	.	CH AS HT HTS
16	PARKER George Frederick	Pte	101147	169 Coy (Devon Regt)	18th July 1917	DOW	FR	35	CH PR PRC
17	RALPH Harold Edgar	Pte	102355	171 Coy (Devon Regt)	15th April 1918	KIA	FR	25	CH CC
18	SHEEN Michael	Pte	292296	704 Coy (RE)	8th October 1918	DOW	FR	44	CH PE
19	STRACHAN Albert	2Lt	–	att Chinese Labour Corps (Spec List)	30th October 1918	DOI	UK	33	CH SS
Notes: 1. The Labour Corps involvement in the Great War can be viewed here. 2. HART’s death and burial details have yet to be confirmed. 3. NUNNEY died in Gloucester in Q1 – 1971.
Official Headstones Provided for Labour Corps Soldiers. Army Council Instruction (ACI) 68 of 1919 stated: 1. It has been decided that the memorial erected to the memory of any member of the Labour Corps who dies whilst serving in that Corps and who has previously served in any other unit, should record his connection with his previous regiment. 2. In future, therefore, in the inscription to be placed on the headstone or temporary wooden cross, the deceased’s previous regiment will be recorded, and he will not be shown as having belonged to the Labour Corps. 3. Before any inscription is recorded, reference will be made to the Officer i/c Labour Corps Records to ascertain the previous regiment in which the deceased served, and that regiment and his regimental number therein will be inscribed on the headstone or temporary cross. 4. If a man has served in more than one unit, the one in which he last served previous to transfer to the Labour Corps will be selected as his regiment. No alteration need to be made on temporary wooden crosses already erected, but care will be taken that all permanent headstones are properly inscribed. In theatres of war it may not be possible to ascertain at once the deceased’s previous regiment and in such cases there is no objection to the title Labour Corps being used as a temporary means of record.

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