STONEHOUSE
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 &
2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gillie Ewart 2007
The War Memorial is to be found in in the centre of Stonehouse village
and takes the form of a stone cross with a sword on the east face, standing
on a three-stepped base with the inscription and names set on bronze
plaques on the sides of the plinth. There are 51 names for World War
1 and 17 for World War 2. The memorial was dedicated 14 August 1919.
In 1932 the names that were carved into the stone of the memorial were
found to be deteriorating and these were replaced with bronze plaques.
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Photographs
Copyright © Gillie Ewart 2007
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IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF STONEHOUSE
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND
COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT
WAR AD 1914-1919.
BAKER |
Albert
Eli |
[Rank
listed as M.G. on memorial] Private 8172, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 5 November 1914. Born Blakley, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Stroud. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22. |
BAKER |
Alexander
William |
Gunner
338672, 129th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 12 November
1918. Aged 26. Husband of L. E. F. Baker, of Oldends, nr. Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France.
Division 62. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 5. |
BISHOP |
William
R |
Private
27672, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 30 March 1918. Prevfiously
admitted to 18th General Hospital 1 August 1917, transferred to
64 Casualty Clearing Station 11 August 1917. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
BOW |
Cyril
|
Private
77063, 1/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry formerly Sapper, 180672,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 25 October 1917. Born Wotton-Le-Edge,
resident Gloucester, enlisted Stroud. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XV. Row D. Grave 24. |
BRAIN |
Thomas
Henry |
Sergeant
11366, King's Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of
wounds 24 September 1916. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Stroud. Son
of Worthy James and Sarah Brain, of Gloucester Rd, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot B. Row 18. Grave 31. |
BRIDGES |
William
Robert |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 23 April 1917. Aged 22. Son of Philip and the late
Mary Bridges, of Bridgend, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
VI. Row C. Grave 6. |
BULLOCK |
Percival
George aka Percy |
Rifleman
14460, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in action 10 February
1915. Aged 18. Born and resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted
Caerphilly, Glamorganshire. Son of William George Bullock, of Double
Locks, Ryeford, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, and the late Charlotte
Bullock. Buried in ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 3. |
CHANDLER |
Harry
Percy |
Private
S/1575, 3rd Company (South Midland) Division Train, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died on service 7 May 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident Stonehouse,
Glouvestershire, enlisted Stroud. Son of Alfred Edward and Mary
Ann Chandler, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY,
LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division 19. Row C. Grave 10. |
DAVIS |
William
H |
Private
34503, 9th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment formerly
25905, West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 October 1916.
Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Leeds. No known grve.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, Franmce. Pier and Face
14 A and 14 B. |
DURRANT |
Arthur
Edward |
Lance
Corporal 240228, "C" Company, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial),
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 29 September 1917. Aged
23. Born and enlisted Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Son of Benjamin
and Elizabeth Durrant, of Hill View Cottages, High St, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 72 to 75. |
FREEMAN |
Gilbert
Edmund |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 16373, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier
Guards. Killed in action 16 September 1916. Aged 22. Born Freshford,
Somerset, enlisted Stroud. Son of Matilda Charlotte Freeman, of
Queen's Rd, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, and the late William Osborne Freeman.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 8 D. |
GALE |
Frederick
James |
[Listed
as Sapper on memorial] Acting Lance Corppral 1158, 1st/2nd Wessex
Field Company. Royal Engineers. Killed in action 2 October 1915.
Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Preston, Lancashire.
Buried HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row K. Grave 6. |
GARDINER |
William
Charles Wright |
[Listed
as GARDNER on CWGC and SDGW] Private 38682, 14th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment formerly M/305146, Royal Army Service Corps. Killed in
action 2 April 1918. Aged 31. Born Minchinghampton, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Cheltenham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Gardner, of Gloucester
Rd, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, husband of Mabel Elsie Gardner, of 2, Belmont
Rd, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Buried in CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row G. Grave 12. |
GLOVER |
Dodson
Joe |
Private
28769, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
in Salonika 25 October 1917. Born Gloucester, enlisted Bristol.
Buried in STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot V. Row G. Grave
2. |
GOULD |
Walter
|
Private
10992, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. KLilled
in action 23 July 1916. Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted
Bristol. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
GROVES |
Frederick
Stephen |
Private
16261, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 25 September 1915. Aged 28. Born Hawling, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Cheltenhm. Husband of Edith Annie Groves, of Hill Crescent,
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 60 to 64. |
HARMER |
Alfred
G |
Private
203115, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died as a German
Prisoner of War 8 November 1918. Born Stanley Doughton, Gloucestershire,
resident and enlisted Stroud, Gloucestershire. Originally buried
in INGOLSTADT PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY but the grave was lost,
commemorated on NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany.
Ingolstadt Cemetery Memorial 11. |
HARRISON |
Charless
George |
Private
57262, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
27 May 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Bristol. Son of Joseph and Minnie Harrison, of 26, Avenue
Terrace, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS
MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
HIGNELL |
Albert
James |
[Listed
as MG Army] Private 19480, 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean)(Pioneers),
Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 10 January 1917. Aged
27.Born Bristol, enlisted Cinderford, Gloucestershire. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hignell, of Birdett Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 2. Row I. Grave 7. |
HILL |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
25811, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on service at Gallipoli 19
November 1915. Aged 37. Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted
Colchester. Son of Charles and Harriet Hill, of Stonehouse; husband
of Eliza Emily Hill, of Regent St, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in
PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot V. Row A. Grave 65. |
HILL |
George
Frederick |
Corporal
16457, 8th Service Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in
action 18 November 1916. Aged 32. Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Stroud. Son of James and Harriet Hill. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
5 A and 5 B. |
HOOPER |
Harry
W |
Lance
Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment - probably
Private 10490, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 8 August 1915. Born Penarth, enlisted
Stroud. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey
(including Gallipoli). Panel 102 to 105. |
JOHNSON |
Arthur
David |
Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1012, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Dision, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 25 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born 12 June 1917. Son of Arthur William and Rosina Johnson, of
Orchard House, High Street, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. In the
1901 census he was aged 3, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, son
of Arthur William and Rosina Johnson, resident High Street, Stonehouse,
Stroud, Gloucestershire. Enlisted 12 July 1915. Religious denomination
Baptist. Employed as a Baker at enlistment. height 5 feet 5½
inches, chest 31½ to 33½ inches, fresh comlexion,
brown hair, blue eyes. Emabrked H.M.T. Aragon at Mudros 14 May 1916,
disembarked at Marseilles 19 May 1916. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
LEONARD |
Stephen
|
Private
16137, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed
in action at Gallipoli 18 August 1915. Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Bristol. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR
MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section J. Grave 13. |
MAYO |
Frederick
G |
Private
14854, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Killed in action
24 September 1915. Aged 28. Born 9 March 1888 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
Son of Frederick and Eliza Matilda Mayo, of Regent Street, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. Farmer by trade. Single. Attested 24 September
1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, aged 26 years 5 months, height
5 feet 11½ inches, weight 185 lbs, chest 33½-36½
inches. complexion neutral clear, eyes hazel, hair brown thick wavy,
religious denomination Church of England. Previously wounded, admitted
to No. 3 Field Ambulance, transferred to No.2 Field Ambulance 6
August 1915, discharged to unit 7 August 1915. Sailed aboard S.S.
Lapland 4 October 1914, landed in France 9 June 1915. Buried in
LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave
12. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6079
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MINCE |
Alfred
Henry |
[Listed
as MINGE on memorial] Able Seaman R/4767, Anson Battalion, Royal
Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died of wounds 1
January 1918. Born 16 August 1890 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
Son of Agnes Mince, of 28, Avenue terrace, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
In the 1891 census he was aged 1, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
son of Henry and Agnes Mince, resident Brick Yard House, Stroud
Road, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he
was aged 21, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, a Porter Guard Midland
Railway, son of Henry and Agnes Ann Mince, resident 28, Avenue Terrace,
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. With Army Reserve 10 December 1915,
transferred to Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 6 July 1917 and mobilised,
3rd Reserve Battalion 7 July 1917, Anson Battalion 30 October 1917.
Religious denomination Church of England. Originally buried in an
isolated grave in France, grave lost, commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 A. |
NEALE |
Percy
Reginald |
Second
Lieutenant, 101st Company, Machine Gun Corps formerly Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 20 December 1917. Aged 22. Son of Joshua
and Charlotte Victoria Neale, of College View Terrace, Stonehouse.
Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire, son of Joshua and Charlotte Neale, resident Newark,
Ozleworth, Tetbury, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged
15, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, a Drapery Apprentice, son
of Joshua and Charlotte V Neale, resident College View Terrace,
Haywards End, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in ST. MARTIN
CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
NEALE
Percy Reginald of Haywards End Stonehouse Gloucestershire
second-lieutenant 101st Machine Gun Corps died 20 December 1917
in France killed in action Administration (with Will) Gloucester
18 May to Joshua Neale clay worker. Effects £93 6s. 4d. |
NEWTH |
William
Bernard |
Second
Lieutenant, 60th Squadron, Royal Air Froce. Died at home in Hillcot,
Queen's Road, Stonehouse, from influenza, lobar pneumonia and heart
failure 25 February 1919. Aged 20. Born 7 September 1899. Son of
Walter C. H. Newth (a Commercial Traveller), of Albion Villa, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Stroud,
Gloucestershire, at school, son of Walter Charles Henry and Sarah
Jane Newth, resident 35, Malefant Street, Cattays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire,
Wales. ducated at Municipal Seciondary School, Howard Gardens, Cardiff
between 6 September 1911 and 20 December 1912, previously educated
at Gladstone Elementary Council School, left to attend Private School
at Coryton, Glamorgan. Buried in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR) CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Gloucestershire. |
NIXON |
Philip
Henry |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds
18 December 1916. Aged 25, Son of Eleanor Cartwright (formerly Nixon)
and the late Robert Allwood Nixon. Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD)
MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Section O. Grave 27. |
ORGAN |
William
|
Sergeant
7997, 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
23 July 1916. Born St. Luke's, Gloucester, enlisted Gloucester.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
PHIPPS |
Frederick
C |
[Listed
as Driver/Farrier on memorial] Driver T/312626, Army Auxiliary Heavy
Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps formerly 13003, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died on service 11 November 1918. Born and enlisted Stroud,
Gloucestershire, resident Stonehouse. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY
CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot VII. Row N. Grave
2A. |
PRICE |
Henry
John Frank |
Corporal,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died out of service in the January to
March Quarter 1915 in the Stroud Registration District, Gloucestershire,
aged 25. In the 1891 census he was aged 1, born Gloucestershire,
son of Henry W and Louisa P Price, residemt Nursery, Kings Stanley,
Stroud, Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born
Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, grandson of John and Mary Price,
resident Ryeford Nurseries, Ryeford Stonehouse, Stonehouse, Stroud,
Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 21. born Stanley
King, Gloucestershire, a Nurseryman, grandson of John and Mary price,
resident Ryeford Nurseries, Ryeford, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
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REMES |
Percy
L |
Private
7384, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died at sea 13 August 1915.
Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Winchester. No known
grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Panel 126-135 or 223-226 228-229 & 328. |
REUBINSON |
Leonard
Conrad Joe |
[Listed
as Edward C J on SDGW] Gunner 291683, 129th (Bristol) Heavy Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery formerly 141, 129th Bristol Heavy Battery.
Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 23. Born Nailsworth, Gloucestershire,
resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Gloucester. Son of
Thomas and Emily L. Reubinson, of the Police Station, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. Native of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. A member of the Gloucestershire
Constabulary. Enlisted May, 1915. Buried in NO MAN'S COT CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row B. Grave 7. |
RICKETTS |
Donald
|
[Listed
as 1st Corporal Petty Officer] Officer's Steward 1st Class L/6620
(PO), H.M.S. Revenge, Royal Navy. Died from Influenza, Pneumonia
and Cardiac Failure aboard the H.S. Garth Castle at Rosyth 23 October
1918. Aged 25. Born 27 March 1893 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Son
of Henry Ricketts, of Lynfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. In
the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Stroud, Gloucestershire, son
of William H and Martha M L Ricketts, resident 16, Howard Street,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18,
born Stroud, Gloucestershire, a Grocery Apprentice, son of William
Henry and Martha Mildred Louie Ricketts, resident Great Western
Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Height 5 feet 8¼ inches, chest 36 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, fair complexion. Buried in EBLEY
CONGREGATIONAL CHAPELYARD, Gloucestershire. Plot/Row/Section/Area
6. Grave 3. |
ROBINSON |
Harold
Richard |
Private
24256, "D" Company, 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 9 September 1916. Aged 23. Born Hastings, enlisted
Stroud. Son of Mr. W. Robinson, of 38, Southwell St., Cotham, Bristol.
Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot
XIX. Row H. Grave 1. |
RUCK |
Harold
James |
Lance
Sergeant 12280, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
26 September 1916. Born Painswick, Gloucestershire, enlisted Stroud,
Gloucestershire. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL,
Somme, France. Plot XXI. Row H. Grave 1. |
SHILL |
Joe
Thomas |
[Lance
Sergeant on memorial] Acting Sergeant M2/134593, 634th M.T. Company,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in East Africa 12 December
1916. Born and resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Birmingham.
Buried in MOROGORO CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 4. |
SMITH |
Alfred
G P |
Sergeant
890707, "A" Battery, 270th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 23 November 1918. Aged 29. Son of Edward and A. Maria W. Smith,
of Spero, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY, Lebanese
Republic. Grave 189. |
SOULS |
Francis
Ernest Edward |
[Lance
Corporal on SDGW] Corporal 27636, 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment formerly 2604, Rouyal Gloucester Yeomanry. Killed in action
24 August 1918. Aged 24. Resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted
Gloucester. Son of Alfred Henry and Julia Emily Souls, of 6, Regent
St, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 4. |
STEPHENS |
Lionel
Edward |
[Listed
as Edward Lionel STEPHENS on SDGW and E L STEPHENS on CWGC] Corporal
3370, 2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died of wounds 15 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Gloucester. Son of Edward and Clara Stephens, of The Elms,
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot XI. Row B. Grave 49. |
STEPHENS |
Samuel
W |
[Listed
as Samuel C STEPHENS on SDGW and CWGC] Private STK/536, 10th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 15 July
1916. Aged 31. Born Stonehouse, Gloucester, resident Stoke-on-Trent,
enlisted London. Son of Bessie M. Stephens, of 124, Trentham Rd,
Stoke-on-Trent, and the late William Stephens. No known grave. C
ommemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8
C 9 A and 16 A.
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TAYLOR |
Harry
Woodward |
[Listed
as QVR Regiment on memorial] Private 5924, "B" Company,
2nd/23rd Battalion, London Regiment formerly 4658, 9th Battalion,
London Regiment. Killed in action 17 September 1916. Aged 34. Born
Stroud, Gloucestershire, resident Hereford Gardens, enlisted Berkeley
Square. Only son of the late Harry and Jane Taylor, of Ryeford,
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; husband of Julia Clara Taylor, of Rockstowes
Uley, Dursley, Gloucestershire. Buried in Only son of the late Harry
and Jane Taylor, of Ryeford, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; husband
of Julia Clara Taylor, of Rockstowes Uley, Dursley, Gloucestershire,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 7. |
TRATT |
Ronald
James |
Private
15553, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
30 September 1915. Aged 21. Born Painswick, Gloucestershire, enlisted Northampton.
Son of James Henry and Alice Beatrice Tratt, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VIII. Row J. Grave 22. |
VICK |
Charles
Henry |
Private
29314, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died
of wounds 6 December 1916. Born Cainscross, Gloucestershire, enlisted
Stroud. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 9. |
WADLEY |
Ralph
|
Corporal
14732, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died on service in Salonika 4 January 1918. Aged 27. Born Drybrook,
Gloucestershire, resident Pontypridd, South Wales, enlisted Coventry.
Husband of Nellie B. Wadley, of 83, Middle St, Trallwn, Pontypridd.
Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA,
Greece. Grave 204.
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WALKER,
MM |
Charles
Auton |
[Listed
as Charles Anton WALKER on SDGW] Acting Sergeant 6623, 2nd Battalion,
Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Born
Newton-Le-Willows, Yorkshire, enlisted Wrexham. Awarded the Military
Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 63 to 65. |
WINGFIELD |
Norman
Edward |
Clerk
3rd Class (Storeman) 297782, 5 Stores Depot, Royal Air Force. Died
in New End Military Hospital, Hampstead, from bronchial pneumonia
27 October 1918. Aged 19. Born 17 January 1899 in Gloucestershire.
Native of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Enlisted 24 September 1918,
aged 19. Son of Frederick and Annie Wingfield, of the School House,
Stonehouse. Height 4 feet 11½ inches, chest 29 inches, brown
hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. In the 1911 census he was aged
12, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, at school, son of Frederick
William and Sarah Ann Wingfield, resident Regent Street, Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire. Victor John Wingfield (below) mentioned on his
gravestoie. Buried in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION,
Gloucestershire. PLot/Row/Section/Area 11. Grave 8. |
WINGFIELD |
Victor
John |
Private
66062, 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 37463,
West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 25 September 1917. Born
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, enlisted Leeds. In the 1901 census
he was aged 9, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, son of Fredrick
and Sarah Wingfield, resident Street, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Mentioned on the gravestone of Norman Edward Winfgifled (above).
Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LXV.
Row K. Grave 1. |
WITHERS |
Edward
John |
Private
21540, Grenadier Guards. Died on service 27 November 1917. Aged
30. Born Blakeney, Gloucestershire, resident Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
enlisted Cinderford. Son of John and Ellen Withers, of Gatcombe,
Blakeney, Gloucestershire; husband of Elsie L (nee Peacey) Withers,
of Leam Cottage, 1, Dormer Place, Leamington Spa, married April
to June Quarter 1914 in the Westbury on Severn Registration District,
Gloucestershire. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Awre, Gloucestershire,
son of John and Ellen Withers, resident Black Patch, Awre, Westbury
on Severn, Gloucestershire. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born
Gatcombe, Gloucestershire, a grocer's Apprentice, resident Gatcombe,
Awre, Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated
on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 2. |
WOOLLEY |
Edward
Harold |
[Lance
Corporal on memorial] Private 13838, "B" Company, 8th
(Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
30 May 1918. Aged 22. Born Herefordf, enlisted Stroud. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Woolley, of Crockham, Pill, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.. No
known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
1939-1945 |
BODENHAM |
Vivian
Henry |
Aircraftman 2nd Class 1419867, 123 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Based at Muqueibila, Palestine, died 3 August 1942. Aged
19. Native of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Son of Abel and Lily
Harriett Bodenham, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Buried in TEL
EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 1. Row L. Grave 8. |
GARDINER |
Frederick
Edwin |
Petty
Office D/233984, H.M.S. Drake, Royal Navy. Died from a perforated
gastric ulcer at Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, 6 September 1939.
Aged 52. Born 4 August 1887 in Fordoun, Kincardinshire. Enlisted
4 August 1905 for 12 years, re-enlisted 7 September 1920 to completion.
A Fishmonger by trade. Height 5 feet 5 inches, brown hair, blue
eyes, fresh complexion. Son of Frederick Edwin and Lucy Gardiner;
husband of Florence Annie (nee Beard) Gardiner, of Stonehouse, married
October to December Quarter 1920 in Stroud Registration District,
Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, unmarried, born
Fordoun, Kincardshire, an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy, Home
Fleet, Bantry, Devonport, Devon. Buried in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Gloucestershire. South side of main path.
Row 5. Grave 5. |
HALL |
Ivor
Thomas Hugh |
Aircraftman
2nd Class, 1410513, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died flying out of Shallufa, Egypt, 31 July 1942. Aged 20. Born
6 August 1921. Son of Thomas Hall and of Dorothy Belle Hall, of
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. In the 1939 Register he was a Brick
Work Labourer, unmarried, resident with his mother at 31 Bridgend,
Stonehouse, Ebley, Ryeford, Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire. Buried
in FAYID WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 22.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
HALL
Ivor Thomas Hugh of 31 Bridgend Estate Stonehouse Gloucestershire
died 1 August 1942 on war service Administration Gloucester
16 November to Dorothy Belle Hall widow.
Effects £112 17s. 10d.
|
HARRIS |
Sidney
John |
Leading
Aircraftman (Observer U/T) 1319365, 45 Air School, (SAAF), Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed while flying an Anson I out
of Oudshoorn when it dived into the ground at Rooiblom, 2 miles
southeast of Willowmore, when control was lost during a training
flight 16 January 1942. Aged 25. Native of Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
Son of Sidney and Clare Harris, of Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
Buried in OUDTSHOORN OLD CEMETERY, South Africa. English Church
Allotment. Row I. Grave 4. |
JONES |
Charles
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1338323, 85 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Took off from R.A.F. Swannington flying in a Dehavilland
Mosquito XIX, serial number MM648, during the day, training for
an airborne exercise when he lost control and dived into the ground
near East Barsham 26 September 1944. Aged 21. Born 13 September
1923. Son of Sidney and Ella Mary Jones, of Stonehouse. In the
1939 Register he was at school, resident with his parents at Kernwelle
Gloucester Road, Stonehouse, Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire. Buried
in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Gloucestershire.
South side of main path. Row 13. Grave A.1.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
JONES
Charles John of Kernville Gloucester-road Stonehouse
Gloucestershire died 26 September 1944 on war service
Administration Gloucester 13 February to Sidney
Jones station
master. Effects £174 19s. 2d.
|
JONES |
Edgar
Amphion |
[Sergeant
on memorial] Corporal (Stores Clerk) 532739, AHQ Far East, Royal
Air Force based at Seletar, Singapore. Died as a Japanese Prisoner
of War at sea, taken prisoner March 1942 and lost on board the SS
Suez Maru which was torpedoed off the Kangean Islands in the Java
Sea by the USS Bonefish 29 November 1943. Aged 29. Born 29 July
1914. Native of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Husband of M. Jones,
of St. Helens, Bath Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. In the 1921
census he was aged 6, born Glouceswtershire, son of Ernest and Lilian
Ethel Jones, resident Nailsworth, Chatford Hill, Chestnut Hill,
Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 426. |
LONG |
George |
[Sapper
on memorial] Driver 2138413, 235 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action at sea aboard H.T. "Thomas Pickering"
due to enemy action 13 July 1943. Aged 22. Born 6 October 1920,
and resident, Gloucestershire. Enlisted 16 January 1941. Son of
George Long, of Aldergate Terrace, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
In the 1921 census he was newborn, born Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
son of george and Elizabeth Long, resident Stonehouse, Lower High
Street, Gloucestershire. In the 1939 Register he was a Drilling
Machine Operator Aircraft, unmarried, son of George and Elizabeth
Long, resident 4 Far View Villas, Stonehouse, Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire.
Buried in SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot II. Row D.
Grave 4. |
MELLOR |
Leonard |
Trooper
5185751, 43rd (2nd/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) Regiment,
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Missing at sea 24 June 1944. Aged 24.
Born 1 July 1919 in Gloucestershire, resident Gloucestershire. Son
of Ernest and Edith Mabel Mellor, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
In the 1939 Register he was a Small Holder (Mixed), unmarried, resident
with his parents at 6 Victoria Cottages Gloucester Road, Stonehouse,
Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on BAYEUX
MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 6. |
RIGSBY |
George
Henry |
Corporal
PO/X 104987, 12 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Marines. Died in the
Royal Infirmary, Leicester, from a fractured skull sustained in
a motor accident 12 January 1943. Aged 31. Born 24 October 1911
in Woodchester, Gloucestershire. Son of Frederick Thomas Rigsby
and Elizabeth Emily Rigsby, of Woodchester; husband of Rose Elizabeth
Rigsby, of Cashes Green. In the 1939 Register he was a Sheet Metal
Worker, married to Rose E Rigsby, resident Hill Crescent, Gloucester
Road, Stonehouse, Stonehouse, Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire. Buried
West of the church in WOODCHESTER (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
RIGSBY
George Henry of 6 Hill-crescent High-street Stonehouse Gloucestershire
died 12 January 1943 on war service Administration Llandudno
31 July to Rose Elizabeth Rigsby widow.
Effects £105 12s. 4d.
|
SHORT |
Gerald
Bartlett |
Able
Seaman D/JX184619, H.M.S. Exeter, Royal Navy. Died of Pellagra whilst
a Prisoner in Japanese hands at Macassar, Clebes, 3 May 1945. Aged
20. Born 22 November 1924 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Son of
Katherine Jessie Short, of Hove, Sussex. Buried in AMBON WAR CEMETERY,
Indonesia. Plot 29. Row E. Grave 7. |
SIMMILL |
Robert
John |
Trooper
5188686, 43rd (2nd/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) Regiment,
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died at sea 24 June 1944. Aged 29.
Born Monmouthshire, resident Gloucestershire. No known grave.
Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 7.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1946:
SIMMILL
Robert John of 1 Pearcroft-gardens Bath-road Stonehouse
Gloucestershire died 24 June 1944 on war service Administration
Gloucester 24 April to Edith Mary Simmill widow.
Effects £180 13s. 8d.
|
SMITH |
Charles
Austin Round |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 748498, 5 Service Fts, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying in a Master I, serial number N7895, flew into a tree 1 mile
south of Bunbury, Cheshire, during unauthorised low flying while
on an instrument training flight 14 August 1940. Aged 19. Born 23
August 1920. Native of Stonehouse, Glos. Son of Herbert Round Smith
and Marion Smith, of Stonehouse. In the 1939 Register he was employed
as a Jam Boiler, unmarried, resident Verney Road, Stonehouse, Stroud
R.D., Gloucestershire. Buried in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR) CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Gloucestershire. South side of main path. Row 6. Grave
14. |
STOPFORD |
Granville
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 657479, 620 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying in a Striling
IV, serial number L1850, when his aircraft, flying from RAF Fairford,
was lost without trace when outbound to drop an SAS squad in France
as part of Special Operation Houndstooth 5, 18 June 1944. Aged 25.
Born 19 April 1919. Son of Arthur and Helen Stopford; husband of
Mary Joyce (nee Brown) Stopford, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire,
married 26 December 1938 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. No known
grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 222. |
TAYLOR |
William
James |
Driver
T/221543, Royal Army Service Corps attached to Royal Artillery.
Died as a result of an accident in India 11 April 1942. Aged 29.
Born 29 May 1912. Son of James and Ada Sophia Taylor; husband of
Gertrude Taylor, of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. In the 1921 census
he was aged 8, born Chalford, Gloucestershire, son of James and
Alice Taylor, resident Chalford, Bliss Mills Cots, Gloucestershire.
In the 1939 Register he was a Motor Van Driver Food Delivery, married
to gertrude, resident Gloucester Road, Stonehouse, Stroud R.D.,
Gloucestershire. Buried in RANCHI WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 8. Row
M. Grave 4. |
THOMAS |
Donald
Richard |
Trooper
7894097, 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Died in United Kingdom 20 February 1940. Aged 24. Born and resident
Gloucestershire. Son of William Alfred and Mabel Rose Thomas, of
Stonehouse. In the 1921 census he was aged 4, son of William Alfred
and Mabel Rose Thomas, resident Rodborough, Ashcombe, Rodborough
Avenue, Gloucestershire. Buried in STONEHOUSE (ST. CYR) CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Gloucestershire. South side of main path. Row 6. Grave
6. |
WEBB |
Daniel
John |
[Lance
Corporal on memorial] Trooper 7930508, 16th/5th Lancers, Royal
Armoured Corps. Killed in action in Italy 18 July 1944. Aged 30.
Born Glamorgan, resident Gloucestershire. Son of Albert and Mary
Webb; husband of Brenda Mary (nee Williams) Webb, of Stonehouse,
Gloucestershire, married in October to December Quarter 1935 in
Bridgend Registration District, Glamorganshire. Buried in AREZZO
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
WEBB
Daniel John of 5 Spa-cottages Oldends Stonehouse
Gloucester died 18 July 1944 on war service Administration
Gloucester 5 February to Brenda Mary Webb widow.
Effects £177 16s. 3d.
|
YOUNG |
George |
Stoker
1st Class P/KX 527703, H.M.S. Indefatigable, Royal Navy. Died from
head injuries sustained in a motor cycle accident in St. george
District Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1946.
Aged 23. Born 6 June 1922 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Son of Percy
and Alice Young; husband of Joan Elizabeth Ella Young, of Stroud,
Gloucestershire. In the 1939 Register he was an Electric Welder
General Hand Apprentice, unmarried, resident with his parents at
No 10 Avenue Terrace, Stonehouse, Ryeford, Stroud R.D., Gloucestershire.
Buried in SYDNEY WAR CEMETERY, New South Wales, Australia. Plot
3A. Row B. Grave 7. |
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