Cheltenham Great War Roll Of Honour – D – Cheltenham war memorial archive

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

“Remember the men of Cheltenham who gave their lives for you in the Great War 1914 – 1919. If they were strangers to one another here in their common home, they served and wrought and died in many lands near and far as a Band of Brothers. Learn from them so to live and die that, when you have followed them and are no more seen, you may, like them, be remembered and regretted”.

Inscription on the Cheltenham War Memorial

Cheltenham Roll of Honour of the Great War

Surnames – D

Ref	Surname	Names	Rank	Decs	Service/Regt/Corps	Number	Died	Age	Cause	Loc	Memorials
1	DAFFURN	Arthur Leonard	Pte	–	11th Bn Royal West Kent Regt	9992	071016	19	KIA	FR	CH SM
2	DALE	Stanley Gilbert	Pte	–	att 5th Bn Ox & Bucks LI	2090	040418	19	KIA	FR	CH PA LB
3	DANBY	James Lionel	Pte	–	1/6th Bn Glos Regt	5218	040217	20	KIA	FR	CH LB
4	DANCE	Henry Albert W	Pte	–	13th Bn Glos Regt	241402	220318	23	KIA	FR	CH PE SA LB
5	DANIELS	George Thomas	Sgt	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	9635	080916	23	KIA	FR	PE
6	DARTNALL	Henry Thomson	Sgt	MSM, MiD	RAMC att HQ 1st Army	38630	191218	27	A	FR	CH AS GR LB
7	DARTNALL	William James	Pte	–	2/5th Bn Glos Regt	3195	250916	19	KIA	FR	CH AS LB
8	DAUBENEY	George Henry J	Lt	–	2nd Bn Worcs Regt	–	260915	28	KIA	FR	CK CKC COL
9	DAVIES	Albert Henry	Sgt	–	2nd Sanitary Coy RAMC	3070	030516	.	KIA	EG	CH LB
10	DAVIES	John	Pte	–	10th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers	40086	200716	29	KIA	FR	EH
11	DAVIS	Albert Edward	Tpr	–	1/1st Royal Glos Hussars	2933	230416	27	KIA	PA	CH PR PRC LB
12	DAVIS	Albert Ernest	Pte	–	1/5th Bn Glos Regt	241310	210716	23	KIA	FR	CH SM LB
13	DAVIS	Alfred John	Cpl	–	9th Bn Norfolk Regt	34109	300518	21	KIA	BE	CH LU SJS LB
14	DAVIS	Ernest	Pte	–	Army Service Corps	–	251018	29	DOI	UK	PA (Note 1)
15	DAVIS	Ernest	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	13345	250915	19	KIA	FR	CH PA SM LB
16	DAVIS	Ernest Albert	Pte	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	10019	100115	22	DOW	FR	CH LU SJS OD LB
17	DAVIS	Frederick George	Sgt	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	6496	301014	31	KIA	BE	CH AS LB
18	DAVIS	Sidney	LCpl	–	3td Bn Coldstream Guards	3154	260616	34	KIA	BE	PR PRC LB
19	DAVIS	Thomas	Pte	–	18th Bn Machine Gun Corps	129351	230818	19	KIA	FR	CH SM LB
20	DE LA BERE	Cyril John Baghot	2Lt	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	–	180816	20	KIA	FR	PR PRC COL (Note 2)
21	DEAKIN	Robert Hartley	2Lt	–	10th Jats att 45 Sqn RFC	–	220717	22	KIA	FR	GR
22	DEAN	Sidney Leonard	Pte	–	1st Bn Dorset Regt	31611	270818	21	KIA	FR	CH HT LB
23	DEANE	Ernest	Pte	–	4th Bn Worcs Regt	42594	311016	20	DOW	FR	CH LB
24	DEARDEN	James Ferrard	Capt	DSO, MC**, MiD	1st Bn Royal Fusiliers	–	061019	23	DOI	UK	CH COL LB
25	DELANEY	Cecil James	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	19253	250915	16	KIA	FR	CH PE SG LB
26	DELMAR – WILLIAMSON	George Frederick	Lt	–	13th Trg Sqn RAF	–	120718	19	A	UK	CH LK LKC CC COL LB
27	DENCHFIELD	Harry James	Pte	–	15th Bn Royal Warks Regt	911	230516	23	KIA	FR	CH PE SA SM LB
28	DENLEY	Edward	Pte	–	1st Bn Dorset Regt	10235	020616	21	KIA	FR	CH SS LB
29	DENNETT	Frank	Cpl	–	8th Div Train ASC	49420	091118	32	DOI	FR	CH LB
30	DENNIS	Cecil	Pte	–	XIX Corps Cyclist Coy	2716	210418	39	POW	FR	CH LU SJ COL LB
31	DERRICK	John Leslie	Capt	–	7th Bn East Yorks Regt	–	270817	26	KIA	BE	CH GR LB
32	DESAGES	Owen Loftus	2Lt	–	1st Bn Wilts Regt	–	270518	28	KIA	FR	CH COL LB
33	DESAGES	Wilfred Ronald	Capt	–	1/24th Bn London Regt	–	210318	34	KIA	FR	CH COL LB
34	DICKS	Edward	Pte	–	2nd Bn Glos Regt	16161	140515	39	KIA	BE	CH PA LB
35	DICKS	Ernest Geoffrey	Sig	–	RN – SS Queen	22294	280618	18	KIA	SEA	CH LU
36	DICKS	Francis James N	2Lt	–	2/8th Bn Worcs Regt	–	270518	21	DOW	FR	CH LU LB
37	DIGBY	John Henry	Sgt	–	2nd Bn Grenadier Guards	6036	061114	36	KIA	BE	HTS
38	DIGHTON	Lesley Probyn	Sgt	–	2nd Bn Canterbury Regt NZEF	25150	070617	28	KIA	FR	CH LB
39	DISNEY	Brabazon Thomas	Maj	–	166th Siege Bty RGA	–	171017	33	KIA	BE	HT
40	DISTON	Dennis William	LCpl	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	17261	220716	29	KIA	FR	PR PRC LB
41	DISTON	Sidney	Pte	–	8th Bn Glos Regt	11429	181116	19	KIA	FR	CH
42	DISTON	William	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	13349	250915	20	KIA	FR	AS
43	DIX	Albert	LCpl	–	1/2nd Bn Monmouth Regt	266067	180818	20	DOW	FR	CH PA LB
44	DIX	Alfred	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	19070	200716	31	KIA	FR	CH PA
45	DODWELL	Henry Richard	LCpl	–	8th Bn Glos Regt	16009	120918	31	DOW	FR	CH BE LB
46	DODWELL	Joseph Henry	Pte	–	2/5th Bn Glos Regt	241005	300417	24	KIA	FR	CH SM LB
47	DOHERTY – HOLWELL	Raymond Vernon	Lt Col	DSO, MiD ****	CRE Staff HQ VIII Corps	–	090117	34	KIA	BE	CH COL (Note 3)
48	DOPSON	William Henry	Pte	–	25th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers	355769	301117	32	KIA	PA	SH
49	DOUGHERTY	John Joseph	Rfn	–	11th Bn Royal Irish Regt	40257	200920	38	DOI	UK	CH LU
50	DOWDESWELL	Robert James	Dvr	–	Depot ASC	312437	200417	24	DOI	UK	PR PRC OD
51	DOWDING	Sidney	AB	–	RN – HMS Defence	16179	310516	19	KIA	SEA	CH LB
52	DOWNES	William Norman	Pte	–	1/5th Bn Glos Regt	4797	181116	20	KIA	FR	CH LB
53	DRAKE	William Henry	Pte	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	6294	071114	31	KIA	BE	CH CK CKC
54	DRAKE	William Spencer	Sgt	–	2nd Bn Ox & Bucks LI	6776	250915	30	KIA	FR	CH PA LB
55	DRAPER	Frederick Melville	Pte	–	1/5th Bn Glos Regt	240857	050417	24	KIA	FR	LB
56	DRAPER	Ralph Piercy	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	13348	131015	19	KIA	FR	BC PJ
57	DREW	Ernest	Sgt	MM	205th Coy Machine Gun Corps	6550	111017	28	KIA	BE	CH PA LB
58	DREW	William Ernest	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	24266	180716	33	DOW	FR	CH PA
59	DRINKWATER	John Edward Percival Stroud	Pte	–	1/5th Bn Glos Regt	241488	–	.	–	CIE	SA (Note 4)
60	DRISCOLL	Frank Maurice	Sgt	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	13347	250915	20	KIA	FR	CH PA SG LB
61	DRISCOLL	John Patrick	Pte	–	2/4th Bn Glos Regt	201995	270817	33	KIA	BE	CH PA SG LB
62	DRIVER	Albert Ernest	Pte	–	7th Bn Glos Regt	36779	230918	28	DOI	ME	CH PE LB
63	DRIVER	Harry	LCpl	–	1st Bn Royal Warks Regt	29866	121017	28	DOW	BE	CH
64	DU BOULAY	Arthur Houssemayne	Lt Col	DSO, MiD*****	AQMG HQ 3rd Army	–	251018	38	DOI	FR	CH AS COL LB (Note 5)
65	DU BOULAY	Hubert Lionel Houssemayne	2Lt	–	1 Bn Wilts Regt	–	030916	19	KIA	FR	CH AS COL LB
66	DUNFORD	Cyril Ernest	Pte	–	RMLI – 4th Royal Marine Bn	CH/2609(S)	250818	19	KIA	FR	CH
67	DUNN	Henry Arthur Packer	Pte	–	1/5th South Lancs Regt	54063	170918	19	KIA	FR	CH PA LB
68	DUNN	Reginald Theodore	Sgt	–	48th Div Cyclist Coy	1485	180816	26	KIA	FR	CH AS LU SA SM GR LB
69	DUTFIELD	Ernest	Pte	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	9700	311018	23	POW	GE	CK CKC
70	DUTTON	Charles	Pte	–	1st Bn Glos Regt	36798	260418	33	DOW	FR	CH PA LB
71	DYER	Herbert Arthur	2Lt	–	65th Sqn RFC	–	071217	39	KIA	FR	CH COL LB
72	DYER	Sydney Ernest	Pte	–	48th Div Cyclist Coy	52	190716	32	KIA	FR	CH JN HTS LB
Notes: 1. DAVIS was a civilian at the time of his death. 2. DE LA BERE is known in official records as BAGHOT-DE LA BERE. 3. DOCHERTY-HOLWELL was Mentioned in Despatches 5 times. 4. DRINKWATER was taken POW by the Germans on 16th July 1916 and survived the war, returning to Cheltenham in December 1918. He died at Bristol during Q1 – 1954. 5. Lt Col A H DU BOULAY was Mentioned in Despatches 5 times.

Analysis of Casualties

Cause	BE	EG	FR	GE	ME	PA	SEA	UK	TOTAL
Killed in Action (KIA)	11	1	37			2	2		53
Died of Wounds (DOW)	1		6						7
Died of Illness (DOI)			2		1			4	7
Accidental Death (A)			1					1	2
Died as POW (POW)			1	1					2
Commemorated in Error (CIE)								1	1
TOTALS	12	1	47	1	1	2	2	6	72

Uncommemorated in the Cheltenham Area

The following officers, sailors and soldiers had a family or other association with the Cheltenham area but were never commemorated on any local memorial. It is now unlikely that the reasons for their non-inclusion will ever be fully discovered.

Ref	Surname	Names	Rank	Decs	Service/Regt/Corps	Number	Died	Cause	Loc	Notes
U1	DEE	Ralph John	Spr	–	70th Fd Coy RE	42073	081215	KIA	FR	Cheltenham
U2	DEVEREUX	Oliver William	Pte	–	10th Bn Glos Regt	26551	300816	KIA	FR	Cheltenham
U3	DOWDING	Alfred Ivan	LCpl	–	3rd Coy Australian MGC	2140	301216	KIA	FR	Cheltenham (Note 1)
Notes: 1. DOWDING is listed on a Roll of Honour for a service of commemoration at St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham held on 24th June 1917.

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