LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear |
Cheltonians Commemorated On Memorials to the Missing in Belgium |
There are 168 Cheltonians commemorated on 5 Memorials To The Missing in Belgium |
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead. The 5 memorials built in Belgium to commemorate those of the Great War who have no known grave are: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Commemorates the 54,000 of all Commonwealth Forces, except New Zealand, who were killed or died in the Ypres Salient before 16th August 1917and have no known grave. Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial. Commemorates over 800 missing soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918. Nieupoort Memorial. Commemorates 548 missing officers and soldiers of United Kingdom forces who died during the First World War in operations on the Belgian coast. Ploegsteert Memorial. Commemorates more than 11,000 missing officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War. The memorial serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to the north, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the French areas of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres and the Forest of Nieppe. Tyne Cot Memorial. Commemorates the 35,000 missing officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and New Zealand Forces who died in the Ypres Salient after 16 August 1917. |
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres |
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97 Cheltonians are commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial |
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Lt John Greville Hobart Bird 2Lt Frank D’Arcy Blofeld LCpl George Edwin Bowen Capt John Henry Brennan Pte Albert Ernest Brooker Pte James Robert Burford Pte William Charles Burnett Pte Christopher Bernard Camden Pte John Castle Sgt George Ashley Chapman Pte Thomas Edwin Claridge Pte William Cleveley Pte Cecil Collins-Williams Pte Henry George Cooke Sgt Albert Edward Cooper Pte Arthur Cooper LCpl John Gerrard Crabb Pte Cecil Edgar Cruse Sgt Frederick George Davis Pte Edward Dicks Sgt John Henry Digby Pte William Henry Drake Pte John Pirrie Eager Sgt Ernest George Eden Cpl Howard Alan Farrar Pte Thomas Flynn Pte Edward William Ford Capt Lawrence Fort Pte Guy Billie Gillespie Lt Ralph Hamilton Fane Gladwin Pte Charles Goatman Pte Lionel Victor Gray Pte Frank Edward Green 2Lt John Edward Gresson Spr Charles Thomas Hall Sgt William Henry Hall Cpl William Hart Pte Percival Walter Hill Pte Henry Thomas Hobbs Pte Hubert Bernard Hodson Lt Francis Lennox Holmes Sgt Charles Hurst Pte Albert George Jeenes Private Walter Jeenes Pte George Albert Jones Pte William George Jones Pte William Tillin Kilbey Pte Alderman Justice Lane Cpl Ernest Arthur Larner |
Pte James Frederick Launchbury Cpl Arthur Edwin Lawrence Pte Reginald Lawrence Tpr George Bruce Lawson Captain B C Lousada Lt Edward Arthur Lousada Pte William Henry James Mahon Pte Edgar Mansfield LCpl Henry Martin Lt John Kearsley Mather Pte William Matthews Pte William Eric McKay Pte Harry Moss Pte Frank Victor Mustoe Cpl Harold James Newman Pte Arthur Phillips Cpl Albert Oscar Pritchett Pte Sidney Albert Randall Pte George Ransom Lt Leonard Hugh Rawlinson Pte Thomas George Richards Pte Albert Thomas Victor Roberts Pte Arthur Rogers Pte Arthur Cecil Rutland Pte James Simpson LCpl Arthur Edward Smith Pte Frank Smith LCpl James Smith Pte Raymond Frederick Smith 2Lt Edward Hamilton Southcomb 2Lt Harold Rolleston Stables Pte Arthur William Stephens Sgt Frederick Taylor CQMS Ernest John Thompson LCpl John Townsend LCpl Leslie Frederick Trinder Capt Hugh Vincent Corbett Turnbull Pte George Turner Pte Harry Wallace Pte Robert Anderson Waring Lt John Booker Brough Warren Pte John Welch Pte Frederick Whittingham LCpl Alec Morgan Williams Pte Frederick Williams Pte Henry Williams Pte Walter Wilfred Winstone Gnr Lionel Waterhouse Wood |
Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial |
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1 Cheltonians is commemorated on the Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial |
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Sgt Leslie Probyn Dighton |
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Nieupoort Memorial |
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1 Cheltonian is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial |
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2Lt Arthur Clements Heberden |
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Ploegsteert Memorial |
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11 Cheltonians are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial |
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Pte Leonard Ayres Pte Harry William Brown Pte Edgar Herbert Buckingham Pte George Edward Clayton LCpl Walter Chick Capt Kenneth Forbes-Robertson |
Pte George William Hyde Pte William Hartlebury Miles Sgt Harry Tandy Pte Frederick Francis Thompson Captain Herbert Guy Turner |
Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele |
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58 Cheltonians are commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial |
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Pte Percy Arkell 2Lt Eric Charles Bastin Pte Arthur Ernest Bloxsome Pte Frederick James Brown Pte George Henry Byron Pte Henry Harold Burford CSM James David Candy Rfn Leonard Harry Hudson Clark Captain Louis Walter Clements Pte Wilfred James Coombes Pte Frederick John Victor Copestake Pte John Charles Cox Pte Thomas Crisp Pte Alexander Gordon Cummings Capt John Leslie Derrick Sgt Ernest Drew Pte John Patrick Driscoll LCpl Harry Driver 2Lt Denis Godfrey Eager Pte Gilbert John Flint Pte Charles Ernest Sydney Fry Pte Raymond Edwin Fryer Pte William Gardner Lt Gerald Charles Edward Gloster Pte Edward Gough LCpl Edward Basil Hanks Sgt George Henry Hayward Pte George Hemmings Pte Harry Hill |
Pte Arthur William Holder 2Lt Michael Hole LCpl Sidney George Henry Jackson LCpl George Henry Jeffries LCpl Sidney Richard Leach Spr Raymond Miles LCpl Reginald Mustoe Pte Edward Norris 2Lt John Outram Pte George O’Hagan Pte Ernest Edward Parker Pte Frederick John Plumb Cpl Cecil Hugh Pope Pte Francis William Purnell 2Lt Sydney Gilbert Rogers Cpl Henry Russell LCpl Edward Charles Sims Saunders Cpl Thomas Edward Sheward LCpl Charles Edward Short Cpl Arthur Frank Smith CSM William Frederick Spawton Cpl Albert John Spencer Capt Cyril Stanley Geoffrey Stevens Pte James Arthur Stibbs Cpl Henry Ashby Turbyfield Pte Reginald Hewar Villar Lt Eric Joseph Woods LCpl Albert John Yeates Pte William James Young |
Notes: 1. Cemeteries in Belgium can be viewed here. 2. Mr Mark Mathias, Mr Aurel Sercu, Mr Mike Shingleton and Mr Steve Morse who very kindly provided photos of the Menin Gate, Ploegsteert and Nieupoort and Tyne Cot Memorials respectively. These gentlemen are Acknowledged and thanked. |
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