Leaving Cheltenham ……. Observations – B


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   Observations

    Surnames – B

Some apparent  inaccuracies and anomalies have been discovered in respect of the spelling of surnames, service/regimental records, details of birth and death events and other matters in The Book, the Debt of Honour Register at the CWGC, on local war memorials and in the publication “Officers and Soldiers Who Died In The Great War”.

 

(Observations here are being gradually investigated and corrected where necessary)

Name

Source

Observation

BAILEY Donald William

The Book, page 15

Also commemorated on the Cleeve Hill (St Peter’s Church) Roll of Honour

BAKER John Berry

The Book, page 17

Buried in Cheltenham Cemetery, Plot K/850.

BAKER Thomas Henry

Add to The Book, page 17

Name added to Cheltenham War Memorial in September 2016.

Born at Cheltenham Q1 – 1898.   In the 1901 and 1911 Census he and his family are residing at 118, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham.

Worked on the railways and became as member of the National Union of railwaymen in 1916 aged 18.

Enlisted or conscripted into the Army in 1917 and posted to the London Regiment.

Killed in action in the Arras area of France on 28th March 1918 serving with 1/5th Battalion London Regiment, on detachment from parent unit 1/8th Battalion London Regiment.   His body was never identified or recovered from the battlefield and he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

BALLINGER Frederick

The Book, page 19

Birth registered as Frederick Charles W A Ballinger in Cheltenham in Q3 – 1883.   Commemorated as FW Ballinger on Cheltenham War Memorial (East Panel).

BALLINGER Percival Louis

The Book, page 19

Birth registered as Percival Lewis in Cheltenham Q3 – 1892.   Recorded as Percival Louis in SDGW.   Also commemorated on the Leckhampton (St Paul’s Church) Roll of Honour.

BANNING William

The Book, page 20

Birth registered as William in Cheltenham Q3 – 1887.   Aged 29 at death.

BARNES Raymond Edward

The Book, page 23

Regimental number is R/15595

BARNETT Edward William

The Book, page 24

Also served as Pte, 173147, 315 (Home Service) Company Labour Corps.

BARNETT Lionel K

The Book, page 24

Birth registered as Lionel in Cheltenham in Q2 – 1892.   Also commemorated on the Cleeve Hill (St Peter’s Church) Roll of Honour.   Also resided at 8 Oriel Place, Bath Road, Cheltenham.

BARNFIELD F

The Book, page 24

Birth registered as Frank in Cheltenham in Q4 – 1892.   Aged 23 at death.   Served as Z/8514, Able Seaman, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division.   Resided at 13 Kew Place, Bath Road, Cheltenham.   Brother of William (page 25).

BARNFIELD Harry

The Book, page 25

Killed in action in Belgium with 2nd Royal Marine Battalion.

BARRATT Wilfred Varnish

The Book, page 26

Surname is BARRETT.   Also commemorated on the Leckhampton (St Paul’s Church) Roll of Honour.

BARROW John Joseph

The Book, page 26

Home address is 14 Croft Road, Charlton Kings.   Commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial (West Panel).

BARTON Charles Francis

The Book, page 27

Regimental number is 3196.   Discharged due to TB on 2nd February 1917 and died of this illness on 28th July 1917.   Case forwarded to CWGC for consideration for him to be classified a war casualty.

BASTIN Eric Charles

The Book, page 28

Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Also commemorated on the Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour.

BATES Albert Edward

The Book, page 29

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BATES Herbert James

The Book, page 29

Not commemorated on the Charlton Kings War Memorial or the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.   Commemorated on the St John’s Church War Memorial.

BATES William Joshua

The Book, page 29

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BATES William Thomas

The Book, page 30

Parents, James and Agnes Bates, resided at 33 Duke Street.   Not commemorated in Charlton Kings.   Commemorated on the St John’s Church War Memorial.

BATTEN Ernest Charles

The Book, page 30

Third Christian name of Lambourne.   Killed in action in Belgium on 21st September 1917.

BAYLIS William John Lambert

The Book, page 31

Not commemorated on the All Saints Church War Memorial.

BEACH William George

The Book, page 31

Also commemorated on the Badgeworth (Holy Trinity Church) Roll of Honour.

BEACHAM Frederick

The Book, page 31

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q4 – 1887 as Frederick Lionel.   Serving with 6th (Reserve) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

BEAMES William

The Book, page 33

Birth registered in Devizes Q1 – 1884 as William Emmanuel.   Aged 34 at death.

BEARD Charles Ernest

The Book, page 33

Aged 23 at death.

BEARD Frederick

The Book, page 33

Commemoration on St John’s Church War Memorial refers to 30628, Pte, Frederick Beard, born in Paddington 24th November 1989.   Mother Mrs Elizabeth Beard resided at Teals Court Duke Street, Cheltenham.   Killed in action near Cambrai, France, on 22nd November 1917 aged 28.   Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial.

BEARD George Alfred

The Book, page 34

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q3 – 1898 as Alfred George.  Aged 20 at death.

BEARD Harold

The Book, page 34

Regimental number is PLY/1646(S).   Also commemorated on the St James’ Church Roll of Honour.

BEDWELL George John Henry

The Book, page 35

Also commemorated on the St James’s School Roll of Honour and the Bethesda Methodist  Church Roll of Honour.

BEESLEY Jeffrey

The Book, page 35

Also commemorated on the Badgeworth (Holy Trinity) Roll of Honour.

BEESLEY Jeffrey

DoHR

Christian name recorded as JEFFERY.

BELCHER Alfred William

The Book, page 35

Killed in action in France on 16th November 1916.

BENDALL Leonard Graham

The Book, page 36

Killed in action in Palestine on 2nd January 1918.

BENHAM Christie Archibald

The Book, page 37

Birth registered in Portsea Q4 – 1893.   Attended St Paul’s Teacher Training College (as BENHAM) and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour.

BERRY Hubert Henry

The Book, page 37

Birth registered in Gloucester Q4 – 1896 as Herbert Edward.   Recorded in DoHR as Herbert Edward.   Recorded in SDGW as Hebert Henry.   Also commemorated on the Bethesda Methodist Church Roll of Honour.

BERRY William Arthur

The Book, page 37

Regimental number is WR/254245.

BEST Archibald Frank

The Book, page 38

Killed in action in Belgium on 16th July 1916.

BETTERIDGE Ernest Linden Howard

The Book, page 38

Also commemorated on the St James’ Church Roll of Honour.

BEVAN Harry

The Book, page 38

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q1 – 1893 as Henry William J.   Killed in action in France on 16th July 1918, aged 25.   Commemorated as BEVAN WH on the Cheltenham War Memorial.  

BEVAN Harry

SDGW

Date of death recorded as 17th July 1918.

BICK Leonard Long

add to The Book, page 38

Commemorated on the Staverton (St Catherine’s Church) Roll of Honour.   Served as 27653, Pte, 16th Battalion Royal Warks Regt, killed in action in France on 13th March 1917, aged 21.   Buried in Cambrai Military cemetery.

BIDDLE Walter Wynn

The Book, page 39

Regimental number PLY/2369/S.   Served with 1st Royal Marine Battalion.   Commemorated as BIDDELL on the Christ Church Roll of Honour.

BIGGS Charles

The Book, page 39

Parents, Charles and Sarah Biggs, resided at “Dunnywell”, Sevenhampton, Glos.

BILLINGS Samuel Walter

The Book, page 39

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BIRD John Greville Hobart

The Book, page 40

Killed in action in Belgium on 25th October 1914.

BIRT Ernest Arthur

The Book, page 40

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q3 – 1892.   Aged 24 at death.

BLACK Andrew James

The Book, page 41

Aged 24 at death.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BLACKMORE George Albert James

The Book, page 42

Aged 32 at death.

BLACKWELL William

The Book, page 42

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q2 – 1887 as William Thomas.

BLISS Jesse

add to The Book, page 43

Commemorated on the Badgeworth (Holy Trinity Church) Roll of Honour.   Served as 240908, LCpl, 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France on 10th October 1917, aged 21. Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.   Parents, William Walter and Eliza Ann Bliss, resided at Bramley Villa, Ewlyn Road, Cheltenham.

BLOFELD Frank D’Arcy

add to The Book, page 43

Commemorated on the Staverton (St Catherine’s Church) Roll of Honour.   Served as 2Lt, 2nd Life Guards, killed in action in Belgium on 12th May 1915, aged 25.   Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

BLOFELD Frank D’Arcy

ODGW

Surname recorded as BLOFIELD and date of death as 13th May 1915.

BLOODWORTH Edwin Walter

The Book, page 44

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial and on the Charlton Kings (Working Men’s Club) Roll of Honour.

BLOXSOME Arthur Ernest

The Book, page 44

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q4 – 1894.   Aged 23 at death.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BLOXSOME William John

The Book, page 44

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q1 – 1890 as James William.   Aged 27 at death.   Died of illness in Salonika on 7th August 1917.   Buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery.

BOND Albert John Thomas

The Book, page 45

Birth registered in Cheltenham Q1 – 1897 in Cheltenham.   Served with 1/20th Bn London Regt and killed in action on 1st October 1916 at High Wood, Somme, France, aged 19.   Not commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BOND Edgar Charles

The Book, page 46

Also commemorated on the St James’ Church Roll of Honour and on the St James’ School Roll of Honour.

BOND Joshua Harry

The Book, page 46

Regimental number 241029.   Not commemorated in Charlton Kings or on the St Stephen’s Church Roll of Honour.

BOOTH John Charles

The Book, page 47

Served with 3/6th Bn Glos Regt (attached 1st Bn Nigeria Regt, West African Frontier Force) at death.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial and on the St Paul’s Teacher Training College Roll of Honour.

BORCHARD L M

The Book, page 47

Service, death and burial records have not been traced as yet.

BOSCHETTI Laurence William Newberry

The Book, page 48

Name recorded as NEWBERY-BOSCHETTI in official records and on his gravestone in Cookham Cemetery.

BOULTON Howard Dutson

The Book, page 48

Commemorated on the lychgate of St Mary’s Church, Charlton Kings.

BOURNE Robert Stanley

The Book, page 49

Regimental number is WR/251147.

BOURNE Samuel Boulton

The Book, page 49

Regimental number is WR/269519.   Died of illness in France on 17th July 1918.

BOWEN John

The Book, page 50

Killed in action in France on 1st June 1916.

BOWLES William Joseph

The Book, page 51

Also commemorated on the Highbury Congregational Church Roll of Honour.

BOWSTEAD Arthur J

The Book, page 52

Second Christian name is James.

BOWSTEAD James Ernest

The Book, page 52

Also commemorated on the Holy Trinity School Roll of Honour.

BRACHER Albert Victor

The Book, page 54

Awarded Military Medal (MM) in 1916.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BRAIN John Edward Bennett

The Book, page 54

Also commemorated on the St James’ Church Roll of Honour.   Nephew of Mr John Howard Scudamore who resided at The Ferns, St Mark’s, Cheltenham and later at “Aireworth”, Painswick Road, Cheltenham.

BRAIN Walter John Bennett

add to The Book, page 54

Birth registered in Newport Q2 – 1891.   Served as 8/2851, Pte, 1st Bn Otago Regt, New Zealand Expeditionary Force.   Killed in action in France on 14th July 1916, aged 25.   Buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres.   Nephew of Mr John Howard Scudamore who resided at The Ferns, St Mark’s, Cheltenham and later at “Aireworth”, Painswick Road, Cheltenham.   Commemorated on the Dean Close School Roll of Honour and on the St James’ Church Roll of Honour.

BRANDT Frank

The Book, page 55

Commemorated on a bronze plaque in St Matthew’s Church.   Also commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

BRAZENER Albert Charles Henry

The Book, page 56

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BRENNAN J H

The Book, page 57

The commemoration on St John’s Church War Memorial refers to Captain John Henry BRENNAN, 3rd (attached 1st) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action in Belgium on 19th October 1914, aged 45.   Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin gate) memorial To The Missing.   His wife, Mrs Kathleen C Brennan, resided at “The Noake”, Sydenham Road South, St John’s, Cheltenham.

BREWSTER Aleck Howard

The Book, page 58

Died at the VAD Hospital, Bicton, Exeter on 22nd January 1917.   Served with 1st Bn Worcs Regt, was wounded and evacuated to UK.   On strength of Depot Worcs Regt at time of death.   Parents resided at 114, Fairview Road, Cheltenham.

BREWSTER Hubert William Duncan

The Book, page 58

Service number is WR/255786

BRIDGMAN Frederick Ewart

The Book, page 59

Birth registered in Cheltenham in Q2, 1895.   Middle name of Edward recorded in the DoHR.   Listed as BRIDGEMAN on the Cheltenham War Memorial (East Panel).   Also commemorated on the Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour.

BRIEN Charles

The Book, page 59

Birth registered in Edmonton, London, in Q1, 1893.   Age 23 at death.

BRIGGS Eric William

The Book, page 59

Rank is Cpl.   Unit is 102nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

BRIGGS Eric William

SDGW

Recorded as KIA.   Died as a POW of the Germans.

BRILL Percy Henry

The Book, page 60

Remembered on a commemorative plaque in St Luke’s Church.   Listed on the Kirkee 1914 – 1918 Memorial, India.

BRINKWORTH Wilfred

The Book, page 60

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BRODIE Philip Wyndham

The Book, page 60

Date of death recorded as 13th November 1918 in DoHR (amended in May 2007).

BRODIE Theodore Stuart

The Book, page 61

Birth registered in Q1, 1884 in West Bromwich as Stuart.   Aged 31 at death.

BROOKER Albert Ernest

The Book, page 61

Also commemorated on the Holy Trinity School Roll of Honour.

BROOKER George William James

The Book, page 62

Also commemorated on the Holy Trinity School Roll of Honour.

BROOKES Charles Edward

The Book, page 62

The commemoration on the Holy Trinity Church Roll of Honour (and on the Holy Trinity School Roll of Honour) refers to Charles Ernest James Brookes whose birth was registered in Cheltenham in Q4, 1885.   Parents, Alfred Henry and Mary Ann Brookes resided at 8 Sherbourne Street, Cheltenham.   He enlisted into 11th Bn Glos Regt on 26th June 1915 but was discharged from the Army, due to illness on 9th September 1915.   He died at his home 3 Ambrose Street, Cheltenham, Cheltenham on 17th October 1915 and is buried in the unmarked Plot L/16527 at Cheltenham Cemetery.   We have made the MoD/CWGC aware of the circumstances of his service and death but rejected our case for him to be classified as official war casualty.

BROOKES Harry Frank

The Book page 63

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial and on the Charlton Kings Baptist Church Roll of Honour.

BROOK-MURRAY Kenneth Algernon

The Book, page 63

Surname is BROOKE-MURRAY.

BROOM Arthur

The Book, page 64

Birth registered in Axminster in Q2, 1895.

BROOM George Herbert

The Book, page 65

Rank is Bombardier (Bdr).

BROWN Alan Francis Donald

The Book, page 65

Birth registered in Peterborough in Q4, 1890.   Aged 25 at death.   Mother, Mrs Emma Brown, resided at 2 Libertus Villa, Libertus Road, Cheltenham.

BROWN Philip Donald Moreton

add to The Book, page 65

Birth registered in Gloucester in Q2, 1897.   Known as Donald Moreton Brown.   Served as Lt, 3rd (Reserve) attached 1st Battalion The Queens’s Own Cameron Highlanders.   Killed in action in France on 17th October 1918, aged 21, and buried in Vaux-Andigny British Cemetery, Aisne, France.   Listed on the Highbury Congregational Church Roll of Honour and commemorated on the grave of a relative in Charlton Kings (St Mary’s) Churchyard.   Mother, Mrs Gertrude Ann Brown, resided at 21 Merchiston Crescent, Edinburgh.

BROWN Edmund Kenneth Wallace

The Book, page 66

Birth registered in Lichfield in Q4, 1893 as Kenneth Wallace Brown.   Served with 1/6th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment.

BROWN Edward

The Book, page 66

Birth registered in Q3, 1889 in Cheltenham.   Aged 28 at death.

BROWN Frank William

The Book, page 67

Birth registered in Q2, 1892, in Cheltenham as Francis William Brown.   Aged 25 at death.   Also commemorated on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.

BROWN Harry

The Book, page 68

Recorded as Henry William Brown in the DoHR.

BROWN J

The Book, page 68

This commemoration on the Cheltenham War Memorial has yet to be identified.  

BROWN William Matthias

The Book, page 70

Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial and on the Order of Oddfellows Roll of Honour.

BROWNING Edwin Ormonde

The Book, page 70

Also commemorated on the St Paul’s Teacher Training College Roll of Honour.

BRYANT John Thomas

The Book, page 71

Birth registered in Q2, 1889 in Cheltenham.   Aged 29 at death.

BRYON George Henry

The Book, page 71

Killed in action in Belgium.

BUBB Frank

The Book, page 72

Also commemorated on the St James Church Roll of Honour.

BUBB William Eagles

The Book, page 72

Regimental number is M2/119586.

BUCKINGHAM E

The Book, page 73

The commemoration on the Wesleyan Church Roll of Honour refers to Pte Edgar Herbert Buckingham, 37766, 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.   Killed in action in the River Lys area of France on 14th April 1918, aged 19, and commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial of the Missing.   Birth registered in Q3, 1898, in Coventry.   Enlisted into the Army in Cheltenham.

BULLINGHAM Claude Granville

The Book, page 74

Also commemorated on the Cheltenham Parish Church Boys School and on the St Paul’s Church war Memorial.

BUNBURY Peter

The Book, page 74

This commemoration on the All Saints Church War Memorial refers to 2Lt Patrick Stanney St Pierre Bunbury, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action in France on 19th December 1916.   He is buried in Courcelette-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension, France.   His name was included on a printed Roll of Honour at a Service Of Remembrance held at St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham, in 1917.   He appears to have been a relative of a resident of Cheltenham rather than a native or adopted Cheltonian.

BUNCE George Owen

The Book, page 75

Date of death in DoHR is 9th May 1915 and in ODGW is 12th May 1915.

BURCHER Albert Edward

The Book, page 75

Died of wounds in France.

BURFORD Harry

The Book, page 76

Also commemorated on the Leckhampton (St Peter’s Church) Roll of Honour.

BURFORD Henry Harold

The Book, page 76

Killed in action in Belgium.

BURFORD James Robert

add to The Book, page 76

Commemorated on the Elmstone Hardwicke (St John’s Church) Roll of Honour.   Served as TF/2670, Pte, 1/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26th April 1915, aged 26, and commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial To The Missing.   Birth registered in Pershore in Q1, 1889.   Parents, James and Frances Burford, resided in Uckington.

BURGOYNE-WALLACE Douglas Burgoyne

The Book, page 77

Not commemorated on the Leckhampton War Memorial or on the St Paul’s Church War Memorial.   Commemorated on the Tehran Memorial To The Missing, Iran.

BURNELL John Charles

The Book, page 77

Birth registered in Cheltenham in Q1, 1879.   Aged 37 at death.   Also commemorated on the Holy Trinity School Roll of Honour.

BURROWS Frederick Harry

The Book, page 79

Commemorated as Burrows F E H on the Cheltenham War Memorial (South Panel).   Birth registered as Frederick Edward H Burrows in Q1, 1885 in Cheltenham.   Aged 33 at death.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BUSKELL Francis Henry

The Book, page 80

Service number is A/200985.   Birth registered in Pancras, London, in Q4, 1885.   Aged 31 at death.

BUTLER George Henry

The Book, page 81

Also commemorated on the St Luke’s Church Roll of Honour.

BUTLER Harold Albert

The Book, page 81

Killed in action in Belgium.   Served with 119th Battery, 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.   Also commemorated on the Charlton Kings (St Mary’s Church) War Memorial.

BYARD Arthur J

The Book, page 82

Birth registered as Arthur John Byard in Q1, 1881 in Cheltenham.   Also commemorated on the Order of St John (Cheltenham Branch) Roll of Honour and on the St John’s Ambulance Brigade (Cheltenham Branch) Roll of Honour.   Serving with 3 Field Ambulance RAMC at time of death.

 

 

Page last updated:   15th February 2018

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