Roll of Honour - Gloucestershire - Driffield and Harnhill

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Private CH/2351(S), 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marines Light Infantry. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 4 September 1918. Aged 20. Born 15 April 1898. Son of John and Hannah Day, of Driffield, Cirencester. Porter in the Traffic Department, Cirencester working for Midland and South Western Junction Railway. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Driffield, Gloucestershire, son of John and Hannah Day, resident 6, Driffield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Driffield, Gloucestershire, at school, son of John and Hannah Day, resident Driffield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Buried in LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 6.

Private 13076, 1st Battalion, Grenadier GuardsKilled in action Died 29 October 1914. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Son of William J. Kilby, of Harnhill, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9.

Lance Corporal 220382, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 204224, Oxfordshire and Buckinhamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 8 October 1918. Born and enlisted Cirencester, Gloucestershire, resident Driffield, Gloucestershire. Buried in RUMILLY-EN-CAMBRESIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 10.

Private 29847, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action in Salonika 1 September 1918. Born Preston, Gloucestershire, enlisted Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Section C. Grave 688.

Private 290506, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died on service in India 20 October 1918. Aged 24. Born Driffield, Gloucestershire, resident Cirencester, enlisted Bristol. Son of Hubert and Ellen Wellavise, of High Street, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire; brother of Victor (below). Buried in BANGALORE (HOSUR ROAD) CEMETERY, India. Plot 8. Row U. Grave 22.

Private 10226, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 8 August 1915. Aged 18. Born Driffield, Gloucestershire, enlisted Cirencester. Son of Hubert and Ellen Wellavise, of 15, Connel House, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; brother of Cahrley (above). No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 102 to 105.

Major, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Died of wounds 23 December 1917. Aged 38. Son of the late Rev. R. Mainwaring Williams and Mrs. Williams, of Harnhill, Gloucestershire. Married Grace Madeline Lane 16 August 1906 at St. Swithin;s Church, Hempsted. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 1.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 18 August 1906, page 4:

PRETTY WEDDING AT HEMPSTED.

There was a large assembly at St. Swithin's Church, Hempsted, on Tuesday afternoon, when Lieutenant Herbert Mainwaring Williams, the A.V.C., son of the Rev. R. Mainwaring Williams, of Harnhill Rectory, Cirencester, was married to Miss Grance (sic) Madeline Lane, daughter of Mr. Alfred Charles Lane, of Fern Bank, Hempsted. The church was decorated with palms and lilies, and the service was fully choral, the officiating clergy being the Rev. R. Mainwaring Williams (father of the bridegroom) the Rev. and Hon. Charles A. Sinclair (rector of Hempsted).

The bride, who was charmingly attired in ivory taffetas, trimmed with Brussels lace and ruche& of chiffon, the bodice being draped with Brussels lace and the revers embroidered with pearls, was given away by her brother, Lieut. Brian Lane, H.V.C. She was attended by three bridesmaids—Miss Elsie Lane (her sister), and the Misses Williams (sisters of the bridegroom). They were gowned in white silk chiffon de soie, and wore gold lockets, chains, and bracelets, the gift of the bridegroom.

Lieut. L. Daniels, A.V.C., attended as best man, and he, the bridegroom, and Lieut. Brian Lane were in full-dress uniform, adding to the picturesque character of the ceremony. A reception was held at Fern Bank, and later in the day the happy couple started for the honeymoon, which will be spent in North Wales. Their future residence will be India, Lieut. Mainwaring Williams having to take up duty there in the near future.

Many friends of the bridegroom were unable to attend owing to manoeuvre duty.

There were large number of handsome presents.

Extract from The Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 9 August 1907, page 4:

Extract from The Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 28 December 1917, page 4:

CASUALTIES TO LOCAL OFFICERS.
MAJOR H. M. WILLIAMS, A.V.C.

The War Office has notified the next-of-kin of Major Herbert Mainwaring Williams, A.V.C., that he was killed while on active service on December 23rd last.

The gallant officer, who was son of the late Rev. R. M. Williams, rector of Harnhill, with Driffield, near Cirencester, was educated at Dean Close School, and was commissioned in the Army Veterinary Corps in February, 1905. The first years of his service were chiefly in India. He belonged to the first Indian Contingent which landed in France after the outbreak of the war, and there had seen much active service. The deceased had many friends in Gloucestershire, and their sympathy will go out to his bereaved widow, who was the elder daughter of the late Mr. A. C. Lane, of Hempsted, near Gloucester, and her two young children. He was 38 years age.

DRIFFIELD AND HARNHILL WAR MEMORIAL