Cheltonians Who Gave Thier Lives in the Great War – 1914

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   Cheltonians Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War

Timeline 1914

This page lists in chronological order, the official date of death in 1914 of those Cheltonians and other locals

who gave their lives in or as a result of the Great War

24th August 1914

Dvr Harold Albert BUTLER, 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery, killed in action in Belgium.   CK   CKC

24th August 1914

2Lt Charles Barry GIBBONS, 2 Bn Royal Irish Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   SG

26th August 1914

Pte Alfred Thomas HARVEY, 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   SA

26th August 1914

Maj Francis Gordon Grant THOYTS, 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry, died of wounds in France.   CH   AS

28th August 1914

Pte William Christopher Hall KEEN, 20th Hussars, killed in action in France.  CH

10th September 1914

Dvr Albert Edgar PRESTON, Royal Field Artillery, died of wounds in UK.   CH   AS

14th September 1914

Pte Austin GAMMON, 2nd Bn Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action in France.   LB

18th September 1914

2Lt Charles Edward CRANE, 1st Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died of wounds in France.   BA

19th September 1914

Lt Cyril Cazelet HARRISON, 3rd Bn Worcs Regt, killed in action in France.   CH   SS   CC   MK

20th September 1914

Lt John Forbes O’CONNELL, Royal Army Medical Corps, killed in action in France.   GR

20th September 1914

AB Douglas Harry WRIGHT, Royal Navy, HMS Pegasus, killed in action at sea near Zanzibar.   CH

22nd September 1914

Mids Vernon Hector CORBYN, RN, HMS Cressy, killed in action at sea off the Dutch coast.   AS   CH

26th September 1914

Pte Frederick Thomas WARD, 1st Bn South Wales Borderers, killed in action in France.   CH   PE

5th October 1914

Mr Maurice Sidney NESBITT, died whilst a civilian prisoner in Germany.   CH

12th October 1914

2Lt Gordon Thomas Harcourt MORSE, 4th Bn Middx Regt, killed in action in France.   COL   SH

13th October 1914

Pte William John CLIFFORD, 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment, killed in action in France.   CK   CKC

13th October 1914

Pte Frederick Rogers (real name A. MORRIS), 1st Bn Royal Warks Regt, killed in action in France.   CH

14th October 1914

Capt Cecil Glendower Percival GILLIAT, 1st Bn Royal Warks Regt, died of wounds in France.   AS   CH

16th October 1914

Pte George Gilbert TURNER, 3rd Bn Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   ST

18th October 1914

Lt John Stuart Binny SCOTT, Royal Navy, Submarine E3, killed in action at sea.   CH

18th October 1914

Sgt Harry TANDY, 2nd Bn Leinster Regiment, killed in action in France.   CH   PE

19th October 1914

Captain John Henry BRENNAN, 1st Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action in Belgium.   JN

19th October 1914

Lt Cyril Egremont GAITSKELL, 2nd Bn Leinster Regiment, died of wounds in France.   CC   CH

19th October 1914

2Lt Richard Terrick STAINFORTH, 2nd Bn Royal Warks Regt, died of wounds in Belgium.   CH

19th October 1914

Pte John WELCH, 1st Bn South Wales Borderers, killed in action in Belgium.   PE

20th October 1914

2Lt Phillip Lloyd ELLIOTT, 1st Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, killed in action in France.   CH

21st October 1914

Pte Frank Edward GREEN, 1st Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   PE

21st October 1914

Pte Albert George JEENES, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

22nd October 1914

Lt Col Bertram Edmund WARD, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, died of wounds in France.   CH

23rd October 1914

Lt Francis Lennox HOLMES, 1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   AS

23rd October 1914

Pte Frederick Francis THOMPSON, 2nd Bn York & Lancs Regiment, DOW in Belgium.   CK   CKC

24th October 1914

Sgt Charles HURST, 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   SH

24th October 1914

Pte Frederick William MAHER, 2nd Bn Worcs Regt, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   HT   SG

25th October 1914

Lt John Greville Hobart BIRD, 2nd Bn Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed in action in France.   SS

25th October 1914

Lt John Booker Brough WARREN, 1st Bn Border Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

26th October 1914

Sgt Ernest George EDEN, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   CA   CH

26th October 1914

Lt Ralph Hamilton Fane GLADWIN, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   SG

26th October 1914

Lt Cyril Gordon HOSKING, Royal Flying Corps, killed in aerial action in France.   CH

26th October 1914

Pte Albert George JOBBINS, 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, died in UK.   ST

27th October 1914

Pte James SIMPSON, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   SA

28th October 1914

CSM Sydney Barnard THOMPSON, 9th Lancers, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   LK

29th October 1914

LCpl John Gerrard CRABB, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   JN

29th October 1914

Cpl William HART, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

29th October 1914

Pte William Tillin KILBY, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

29th October 1914

Pte Arthur Cecil RUTLAND, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   BE

29th October 1914

Pte Arthur ROGERS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

29th October 1914

Pte Arthur William STEPHENS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

29th October 1914

CQMS Ernest John THOMPSON, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   LK   LKC

29th October 1914

Pte George TURNER, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

30th October 1914

Sgt Frederick George DAVIS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   AS   CH

30th October 1914

Pte William Henry James MAHON, 1st Bn South Wales Borderers, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

31st October 1914

Sgt George Ashley CHAPMAN, 1st Bn Black Watch, killed in action in Belgium.   CK   CKC   HA

31st October 1914

Pte Harry MOSS, 1st Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   PE

31st October 1914

LCpl James SMITH, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   PE

1st November 1914

Captain Frank BRANDT, Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth, killed in action at sea.   AS  CH  MA

1st November 1914

Pte Arthur Thomas CLAYDON, 2nd Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, killed in action in Belgium.   SA

1st November 1914

Pte Francis Joseph CRESSWELL, RMLI, HMS Monmouth,  killed in action at sea.   CH   JN

1st November 1914

AB Horace William GILBERT, Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth, killed in action at sea.   CH

1st November 1914

AB Thomas Henry HOOPER, Royal Navy, HMS Good Hope,  killed in action at sea.   CH

1st November 1914

Pte William Henry Jubilee KITCHEN, 1st Bn Glos Regt,  killed in action in Belgium.   BC

1st November 1914

Pte William Eric McKAY, 14th Bn London Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH

1st November 1914

PO Reginald Arthur PIGOTT, Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth,  killed in action at sea.   CH   PA   SM

1st November 1914

Captain Henry SAVILE, Royal Navy, HMY Portia, died of illness in UK.   CH   AS

1st November 1914

AB Frederick Thomas SURMAN, Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth, killed in action at sea.   PR   PRC

1st November 1914

Stoker Edward TURNER, Royal Navy, HMS Good Hope,  killed in action at sea.   CH   PA

1st November 1914

Stoker Harry TURNER, Royal Navy, HMS Good Hope,  killed in action at sea.   CH   PA

1st November 1914

Pte Frederick WHITTINGHAM, 2nd Bn West Surrey Regiment, died of wounds in Belgium.   CH   AS

2nd November 1914

Lt Geoffrey Dyett ABBOTT, 1st Bn Connaught Rangers, killed in action  in France.   CH

2nd November 1914

Pte William CLEVELEY, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action  in Belgium.   CH   PA

2nd November 1914

Lt Edward Arthur LOUSADA, 2nd Bn Royal Sussex Regiment,  killed in action in Belgium.   CH

5th November 1914

Pte Walter JEENES, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action  in Belgium.   CH   HT

5th November 1914

Pte William PAGE, 1st Bn South Wales Borderers, died of wounds in Belgium.   CH

6th November 1914

Sgt John Henry DIGBY, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, killed in action in Belgium.   HTS

7th November 1914

Pte Arthur M COOPER, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action  in Belgium.   CH   MK   PO

7th November 1914

Pte William Henry DRAKE, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment,  killed in action in Belgium.   CH   CK

7th November 1914

Pte Henry Thomas HOBBS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action  in Belgium.   CH   PA

7th November 1914

Pte George RANSOM, 2nd Bn West Surrey Regiment, killed in action in Belgium.   CH   PA

7th November 1914

Pte Henry WILLIAMS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment,  killed in action in Belgium.   CH   AS

7th November 1914

Pte Walter Wilfred WINSTONE, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action  in Belgium.   PR

7th November 1914

Capt Kenneth FORBES-ROBERTSON, 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders, KIA in Belgium.   CH   HA

12th November 1914

Pte Ernest Edwin TANNER, 1st Bn Coldstream Guards, died of wounds in France.   PR

13th November 1914

Captain Hugh Vincent Corbett TURNBULL, 2nd Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers, KIA in Belgium.   CH

15th November 1914

2Lt Harold Rolleston STABLES, 5th Bn Royal Fusiliers, killed in action in Belgium.   LU   COL

16th November 1914

Spr Charles Thomas HALL, Royal Engineers,  killed in action in Belgium.   CH

17th November 1914

Sgt William Henry HALL, 3rd Dragoon Guards,  killed in action in Belgium.   CH   MK   PE

18th November 1914

District Officer Henry Quinn GLENNY, Nigeria Civil Service, died of wounds in Nigeria.   CH   JN

24th November 1914

Pte Christopher Bernard CAMDEN, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in France.   CH  PE

24th November 1914

Maj Reginald William Sidney ELLIOTT, 7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, killed in action in France.   CH

28th November 1914

Able Seaman Thomas SLEE, Royal Navy, HMS Fury, died at sea.   CK   CKC

29th November 1914

Maj William Richard Norton ANNESLEY, DSO, Royal West Kent Regiment, died of illness in UK.   CH

2nd December 1914

Pte Harry PATRICK, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in UK.   CH   PE

14th December 1914

Major Claude Victor Noble PERCIVAL, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, killed in action  in France.   CH

17th December 1914

Lt Charles Rollo COOCH, 2nd Bn Border Regiment,  killed in action in France.   CH

18th December 1914

LCpl William Henry WEAVIN, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards, died of wounds in France.   CH

21st December 1914

Capt Barrington Hope BAIRD, 1st Bn Highland Light Infantry,  killed in action in France.   CH

21st December 1914

Capt Oswald PEMBERTON, 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers, killed in action in France.   CH

21st December 1914

2Lt Edward Charles WALTERS, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment,  killed in action in France.   CH   COL

23rd December 1914

2Lt Douglas Holme WIGGIN, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France.   CK   HA

25th December 1914

Pte William Henry IRELAND, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action in France.   CH   AS

28th December 1914

Pte William Thomas BATES, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, died of wounds in France.   CH  CK

101 Cheltonians gave their lives in 1914

29 were during the First Battle of Ypres 29th October – 12th November.

8 were killed in the naval Battle of Coronel, off Chile, on 1st November.