Major, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 29 November 1914. Aged 51. Born 12 June 1863 in Colchester. Baptised 4 August 1863 in Colchester, son of William Richard (William Richard Norton) and Isabelle Annesley. Son of Gen. William Richard Annesley; husband of Edith Mackenzie Annesley, of 16, Greyfriars Gardens, St. Andrews. In the 1881 census he was aged 17, born Colchester, Essex, a scholar, son of William Richard and Isabel Annesley, resident Shirley House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Trained at Military College. Spoke French, Spanish and Colloquial Arabic. Served in Cyprus 18 April 1884 to 3 September 1884.Egypt 4 September to 13 June 1885. Soudan 14 June 1885 to 31 January 1886, Egypt 1 February 1886 to 22 July 1886 (Egyptian Campaign - 1886), Gibraltar 23 July 1886 to 15 November 188, Egypt 16 November 1888 to 6 October 190. . Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Buried in ST. ANDREWS WESTERN CEMETERY, Fifeshire. Plot/Row/Section/Area E. Grave 106.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

ANNESLEY William Richard Norton of 48 Stanhope-gardens Kensington Middlesex died 29 November 1914 Administration London 28 January to Edith Mackenzie Annesley widow. Effects £549 16s. 1d.

Extract from The Distinguished Service Order, Volume II, page 14:

ANNESLEY, WILLIAM RICHARD NORTON, Lieut., was born at Colchester 12 June, 1863, eldest son of the late Major-General W. It. Annesley and Isabel, daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. James Norton, of Anningsly Park, Ottershaw. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst., and joined the Yorkshire Regt, 6 Feb. 1884, as Lieutenant, and was transferred to the Royal West, Kent Regt. 27 Feb. 1884. He was employed in the Egyptian Army 27 Nov. 1888, to 6 Oct. 1890, and served in the Sudan in 1885 and 1886 with the Frontier Field Force, and was present at the attack on Ambigole Wells and the action at Ginniss. He was mentioned in Despatches, received the Medal, the Bronze Star, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 Nov. 1886] : " William Richard Norton Annesley, Lieut., Royal West Kent Regt. For the action at Ginniss." He was Stall Officer at Assouan for the operations at Toski. He became Captain 15 July, 1891, and Major 16 July, 1902, and retired 15 Dec. 1905, joining the Reserve of Officers. He died 29 Nov. 1914.

Major Henry Sullivan Becher © IWM (HU 113577)

Major, 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) attached to 34th Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army. Died 2 November 1914. Aged 38. Born 9 April 1876. Baptised 21 June 1876 in Mussoorie,Christ Church, Bengal. Son of Col. Sullivan Becher (died 5 August 1887) and Constantia Ann Becher, of Kingswood House, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs. Unmarried. No known grave. Commemorated on NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 18 to 20.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 23:

BECHER, HENRY SULLIVAN, Major, 1st Battn. 2nd (King Edward's Own) Gurkha Rifles, only s. of the late Col. Sullivan Becher ; b. 9 April, 1876: educ. Marlborough ; in Germany, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Unattached List, 22 Jan. 1896 ; was posted to the Gurkha Rifles 3 April, 1897 ; promoted Lieut. 22 April, 1898, and Capt. 23 Jan. 1905: served on the North-West Frontier of India 1897-98 : took part in the operations on the Samana during Aug. and Sept. 1897 (Medal with two clasps) ; in the Tirali campaign 1897-98 ; took part in the actions of Chagru Kotal and Dargai, and capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes ; operations in the Waran Valley and action of 16 Nov. 1897 ; operations at and around Dwatoi and action of 24 Nov. 1897 ; operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis. and those in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 Dec. 1897 (Clasp) ; on the North-West Frontier of Indies, Waziristan, 1901-2 (Clasp) ; was A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, East India, from 1 Nov. 1909 to 30 Sept. 1911 ; took part in the operations in the Abor country 1911-12 (mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 16 July, 1912); served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 2 Nov. 1914.

Extract from Londonderry Sentinel - Saturday 14 November 1914, page 8:

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Major Henry Sullivan Becher, the 2nd Gurkhas, who was nephew of Mrs Bruce, Crawford square, Londonderry, who was killed in Flanders on November 2, was thirty-eight years of age, received his first appointment in January, 1896. In the following year he took part in the operations on the Samana, on the North Western Frontier of India, receiving the medal with two clasps. He also saw active service in the Tirah campaign of 1897-8, being present at the actions Chagru Kotal and Dargai, the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, and the operations in the Waran and Bara Valleys. For his part in these and other operations he received a third clasp, and a fourth was added for further service on the North West Frontier in 1901-2. Major Berber became captain in January, 1905, A.D.C. to the Commander in-Chief in the East Indies in November, 1909, and major in January last. He was the only son of the late Sullivan Becher and of, Mrs. Becher, of Kings wood House, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. One who knew him well sends us the following tribute: “Sullivan Becher’s was widely known and universally beloved. He lived for, and has died, as he would have wished, leading the gallant Gurkhas of the regiment which his father, Colonel Sullivan Becher, raised in 1884. Major Becher was for several years A.D.C. to the late Commander in Chief in India, and only left that appointment to take part in 1912 in the expedition against the Abors with his regiment. In this short but arduous campaign he was mentioned in despatches, and was one of the few British officers in the casualty list, being struck on the head by a boulder hurled from above by the enemy defending a narrow pass. He excelled at every kind of sport, forming one of the polo team of his regiment when last year the 2nd Gurkhas won the Infantry Polo Cup for all India.”

Trooper James Ferguson Boyce © IWM (HU 114190)

[Listed as J F BOYCE on memorial] Trooper 1701, No. 1 Company, Household Battalion formerly 3224, Kent Yeomanry. Died of wounds as a German Prisoner of War (PoW 12 May 1917) at Limburg, Germany, from a grenade wound to the head, forearm and left side of chest, 26 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., resident Maidstone, enlisted Cranbrook. Son of James G. and Augusta Clara Boyce, of The Willows, Biddenden, Kent. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Wotton, Gloucestershire, son of James and Augusta Boyce, resident The Chipping, Wotton under Edge, Dursley, Gloucestershire. Attested 14 January 1916 at Cranbrook, aged 21 years 10 days, resident The Willows, Biddenden, Kent, a Farmer by trade, single, height 6 feet, weight 175 lbs, chest 39 inches, religious denomination Church of England. To Army Reserve 15 January 1916, mobilized 13 February 1916, posted 3/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Reserve 14 February 1916, appointed Lance Corporal 5 July 1916, transferred to Household Battalion 28 October 1916, posted 1st Battalion as Trooper 4 November 1916, missing in action 11 May 1917, Prisoner of War Limburg, germany. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot V. Row G. Grave 16.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

BOYCE James Ferguson of The Willows Biddenden Kent trooper Household Battalion died 26. May 1917 in France on active service Probate London 10 January to Augusta Clara Boyce widow. Effects £487 17s. 8d.

Private TF/242337, 1st/8th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 30. Born Berkeley, Gloucestershire, resident Thornbury, Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol, Gloucestershire. Son of James and Elizabeth Brown, of Black Hall, Berkeley, Glos., husband of Georgina Eleanor Brown, of Parsonage St., Dursley, Glos. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panel 113 to 115.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

BROWN Francis Charles of Uley Gloucestershire a private in the 8th Middlesex regiment died 16 August 1917 in France Probate Gloucester 13 November to Georgina Elenor Brown widow. Effects £166 12s. 2d.

Private 9629, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 6 April 1915. Born Kingswood, Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol. In the 1901 censsu he was aged 7, born Kingswood, Gloucestershire, son of Albert and Julia Candy, resident Crow Meadow, Kingswood, Dursley, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Kingswood, Wotton under Edge Gloucestershire, a Painter, boarding at Valley Road, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Memorial states he was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 17.

Extract from Gloucester Journal - Saturday 17 April 1915, page 7:

DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

The following letter has been received from an officer at the front by the relatives of Private F. Candy, C Co., 1st Gloucester Regiment, who was killed in action:— "April 7th, 1915. I very much regret to inform you that your son was killed in the trenches while on duty as sentry at about 1.30 a.m. this Wednesday, April 7th. Your son’s death was instantaneous, and he suffered no pain. We deeply regret his loss, he has been with the regiment throughout this terrible war, and has always done his duty manfully, and has proved himself a true British soldier. Myself and comrades assure you of our profound sympathy in your loss.—Yours faithfully. N. Wagan.”

Another Wottonian, 9629 Pte. Frank A. Candy, 1st Gloucester Regiment, is reported killed in action. Deceased was just over 20, and had been in the Army nearly two years. He went through all the fighting from August until April 6th without a scratch. He was highly spoken of by his comrades, and was marked out for speedy promotion. Corporal Duncan Ridler, of the Royal Engineers, who joined the Colours some 15 months ago from Newark Park, is also reported killed in action.

Private G/17073, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 24 September 1917. Aged 19. Son of Edward and Alice Clissold, of Ludgate Hill, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 86 to 88.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 27 October 1917, page 4 :

WOTTON SOLDIERS KILLED.

Two more Wotton-under-Edge soldiers have given their lives in the war: Ptes. Victor Clissold (of the Sussex Regt.), killed in action Sept. 24th, and Bert Jotcham (R.A.M.C.), died at a hospital at the front from severe wounds received two days previously. The first-named had only been in France a fortnight, having just attained his birthday. From his school days he was employed at the local post-office. He was the elder son the late P.C. Clissold, late of Fairford. Pte. Jotcham had seen over two years' active service. He was the eldest of three soldier sons of Mr. F. Jctcham, of Haw-street, Wotton-under-Edge.

Able Seaman J/23989, H.M.S. "Vivid," Royal Navy. Died in hospital 14 April 1919. Aged 22. Born 16 June 1896 in Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Son of Charles and Millicent Cornock, of Valley Rd., Wotton-under-Edge. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Gloucestershire, son of Charles and Millicent D Cornock, resident 2, Springfield Terrace, Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Butts, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, son of Charles and Millicent Cornock, resident Valley Road, Wotton under Edge R.S.O., Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Prior to enlistment he was a Ruibber Winder. Enlisted 16 June 1914 for 12 years, aged 18, height 5 feet 3 inches, chest 34 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. His last assignment was ro H.M.S. Vivid I from 2 January 1919 until 19 February 1919 when he was discharged, cause unnown. Buried North of church in WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 26 April 1919, page 3:

A well known Wotton-under-Edge family has been bereaved by the death of Mr. Ernest Cornock, who was recently discharged from the Navy on medical grounds, and passed away at a sanatorium. Mr. Cornock, who was 22 years of age, saw considerable service during the war, serving on H.M.S. Lion in the Jutland and other battles. He was the eldest son Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cornock, of Valley-road. Wotton-Under- Edge, and grandson of Mrs. Ruth Cornock, who a little while ago received a message from the King congratulating her on the fact that nine of her sons had served with the colours.

Private 202009, 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 25 April 1917. Born Charfield, Gloucestershire, enlisted Bristol. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Listed in Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 28 May 1917, page 4 as Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action, Frape. Private H. G. Wotton-Under-Edge.

Private 452429, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action in the trenches near Courcelette, 5 October 1916. Born 11 December 1887 in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Son of Mrs. Eliza E. Fry, of Combe R. House, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire; husband of Nellie Fry, of Bradley Street, Wotton-Under-Edge formerly 81, Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Gloucestershire, son of Fred W and Eliza Emily Fry, resident Merlin Haven, Wotton under Edge, Dursley, Gloucestershire. Farmer by trade. Attested 6 July 1915 in Niagra, Ontario, Canada, aged 27 years, height 6 feet, weight 160 lbs, chest 34½-36½ inches, fair complexion, light blue eyes, light brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Sailed from Montreal to England aboard S.S. Hisperian 17 August 1915. Transferred to 2nd Battalion, C.E.F. at Shorncliffe, England 30 November 1915. Previously wounded in right arm from general shrapnel wound 20 May 1916, Buried in 2ND CANADIAN CEMETERY, SUNKEN ROAD, CONTALMAISON, Somme, France. Row B. Grave 8. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3326 - 7

Extract from Western Daily Press - Tuesday 7 November 1916, page 4:

WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE SOLDIER
KILLED IN ACTION.

We regret to record the news that Mr R. F. Fry (Reggie), the eldest son of Mr and Mrs F. W. Fry, of Holywell Lodge, Wotton-under-Edge, has been killed in action. He joined the 1st Infantry Brigade, Canada, and came to England in the early summer last year, and after being in France for some months, was wounded in April by a bullet which passed through his right arm. After being in the London and County Hospital for some weeks, he returned to France, and has since been killed in action. He was educated at the K.L.B. Grammar School, Wotton under Edge, under the Rev. F. W. Morris, M.A., head-master, who, after resigning, was appointed rector of Harnhill, Cirencester. Mr Fry won a scholarship at the school, and passed the Oxford examination with honours; in addition he was the recipient of many certificates and prizes. On leaving school he served three years with the National and Provincial Bank, at Hanley, Staffs.; but clerical work not suiting him, he, like his brother (Mr Leonard N. Fry, who is a lieutenant in the R.N.), having a love for the sea and travel, went to the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, and the Rocky Mountains, Canada, and other parts of the world. He was the first of the old hoys of the Grammar School to be wounded and the first killed action. His parents have received very many letters and expressions of sympathy.

[Listed as Trooper on memorial] Private 235464, 1st/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Died on service in Egypt from malaria 16 June 1918. Aged 26. Son of Arthur and Eliza Jotcham, of Baden House, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section F. Grave 31.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 98:

JOTCHAM, CYRIL REGINALD, Trooper, 1/1st Battn. Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars), yst. s. of Arthur Jotcham, of Wotton-under-Edge, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Edward Ricketts Long ; and brother to 2nd Lieut. Walter Morse Jotcham (q.v.); b. Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, 23 May, 1892; educ. Katherine, Lady Berkeley's School there ; joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry 12 Jan. 1915: went to Egypt the following Aug., and subsequently saw service in the Dardanelles; was invalided home in Dee. 1915, suffering from dysentery; rejoined his regiment in Egypt In May, 1916 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in Palestine from that date, and died at El Kantara Hospital 16 June, 1918, of malaria, contracted while on active service ; unm.

Second Lieutenant, 4th Special Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 27 September 1918. Aged 25. Son of Frederick John and Elizabeth Jane Jotcham, of Haw St., Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Gloucestershire, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Jotcham, resident Gloster Street, Town, Wotton under Edge, Dursley, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Wotton under Edge, a Chemist Apprentice, resident with his sister and her husband, Charles Stuart and Elizabeth Jane Smith, at 37, Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Buried in LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK, Nord, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 14.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 22 September 1917, page 3:

BERKELEY VALE CLEANINGS.

The gazetting of Mr. Harold Oakhill, of Wotton-under-Edge, to the Royal Field Artillery, has been greeted with much satisfaction in his native town, the residents of which have followed with great interest his rapid rise from the ranks since joining the Army. His most noteworthy exploit was, of course, the capture, single-handed, of 47 Germans, for which smart piece of work he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct. Medal. He has also been twicc mentioned in despatches, his capabilities also gaining for him well-merited promotions, until he attained the rank of sergeant. After serving close upon two years in France he was recommended for a commission in the same branch of the Service in which he had distinguished himself. Another Wotton-undcr-Edge soldier to receive a commission is Sergt. Fred Jotcham, youngest of the three soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jotcham. of Haw-street.

Private 419227, 1st/2nd (North Midland) Field Ambulance (Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 21 October 1917. Aged 29. Enlisted Leicester, Leicestershire. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Jane Jotcham, of Haw St., Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. Buried in FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 1.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 27 October 1917, page 4 :

WOTTON SOLDIERS KILLED.

Two more Wotton-under-Edge soldiers have given their lives in the war: Ptes. Victor Clissold (of the Sussex Regt.), killed in action Sept. 24th, and Bert Jotcham (R.A.M.C.), died at a hospital at the front from severe wounds received two days previously. The first-named had only been in France a fortnight, having just attained his birthday. From his school days he was employed at the local post-office. He was the elder son the late P.C. Clissold, late of Fairford. Pte. Jotcham had seen over two years' active service. He was the eldest of three soldier sons of Mr. F. Jctcham, of Haw-street, Wotton-under-Edge.

Second Lieutenant, 1st/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 19 August 1917. Aged 28. Son of Arthur and Eliza Jotcham, of Baden House, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row B. Grave 5.

Extract from British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 98:

JOTCHAM, WALTER MORSE, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Territorial) Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., 2nd s. of Arthur Jotcham, of Wotton-under-Edge, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Edward Ricketts Long ; and brother to Trooper Cyril Reginald Jotcham (q.v.); b. Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester. 2 Dec. 1888 ; educ. Katherine, Lady Berkeley's School there ; went to U.S.A. in June, 1914, and settled in Washington State as a Fruit Farmer; volunteered for foreigh service in Sept. 1914, and joined the 29th Vancouver Regt., Canadian Expeditionary Force ; served with his regiment in France and Flanders from Aug. 1915 ; came to England to receive a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Worcestershire Regt. 7 July, 1016 ; returned to France in March, 1917, and was killed In action near Ypres 19 Aug. following. Buried at St. Julien ; unm.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 27 August 1917, page 1:

LIEUT. W. JOTCHAM.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jotcham. of Baden House, Wotton-under-Edge, have received news that their son, Lieut. W. M. Jotcham, has been killed in action. The deceased officer was at one time engaged with the National Provincial Rank, but afterwards went to America and carried on a fruit farm in Washington State. When the war broke out he offered his services and came to England, proceeding to the front as a private in 1915. Ho afterwards obtained a commission in the Worcester Regiment. Deceased's two brothers are serving in the Army.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

JOTCHAM Walter Morse of Baden House Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire a second lieutenant 8th battalion Worcestershire regiment died 19 August 1917 in Belgium killed in action Administration Gloucester 5 January to Arthur Jotcham gentleman. Effects £152.

Extract from Gloucester Journal - Saturday 18 October 1919, page 5:

To Mr. A. Jotcham, of Baden House, Wottoin-under-Edge, for the erection of a mural tablet in marble on the north wall of the nave of St. Mary's Church, Wotton-under Edge, scribed:—

Major, 10th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 27 September 1915. Educated Cheltenham College. Baptised 24 December 1873 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, son of George Augustus and Helena Noyes. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 44 and 45.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Wednesday 6 October 1915, page 4:

MAJOR B. E. NOYES (O.C.)

The death has occurred at the front, in action, of Major Ralph Elliot Noyes, of the 10th Yorkshire Regiment, second surviving son of Col. G. A. Noyes, of Parkfield Lawn, St. Stephen’s-road, Cheltenham. The deceased was born in November, 1873, and went as a day boy to Cheltenham College. He proceeded to Sandhurst, entering seventh on the list, with honours, and in 1893 received a commission in the Yorkshire Regiment. He took part in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, made a reconnaissance of the Saran Sar, and was action on Nov. 9th, 1897. He was engaged in the operations ..{illegible}.. and around Dwatol and in action on ..{illegible}.. and in operation against the Khani ..{illegible}.. Chamkanis, in the Bazar Valley, Dec. 25-30. 1897, and received the medal with two clasps. He was promoted major in 1910 and retired in 1911, being placed in the Reserve of Officers. At the outbreak of war he volunteered for service and was attached to the 10th Batt. Yorkshire Regt. He married few years ago, and for short time lived at Stow on-the-Wold. He leaves two young children.

Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1914. Aged 26. Son of Thomas and Ada Blanche Parkinson, of Newent Court, Newent, Glos. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Kidwilly, Carmarthenshire. a Professional Soldier, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment, unmarried, billetred Alma Barracks, Blackdown, Farnborough, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.Panel 22 and 23.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 298:

LIEUT. JOE ANTHONY FRANCIS PARKINSON, 1st BATTN. DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT, was struck by shrapnel and killed instantaneously on the 13th October, 1914, near Bethune. He was the son of Thomas Parkinson, Esq., J.P. for Carmarthenshire, and was born on the 28th February, 1888, and educated at Rossall, 1901-05. He joined the Dorsetshire Regiment from the Special Reserve in December, 1910, becoming Lieutenant in March, 1912.

He was a keen sportsman, being especially fond of hunting, fishing, and shooting.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 23 October 1914, page 3 also Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 24 October 1914, page 4:

LIEUT. J. A. F. PARKINSON.

Lieut. Joseph A. F. Parkinson, of the Dorsetshire Regt, killed in action on Oct. 13, was the son of Mr. T. Parkinson, of The Ridge, Wotton-under-Edge, and late of Castle Pigyn, near Carmarthen. The deceased was well known in Carmarthen, and was a keen sportsman. He frequently rode to bounds, and in 1907 won the silver cup by the Carmarthenshire Point-to-Point Races.

Acting Bombardier 825670, "C" Battery, 240th (South Midland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 16 August 1917. Born Wotton-Under-Edge, enlisted Gloucester. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter 1887 in the Dursley Registration District, Gloucestershire. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, a Coachman, a servant working for John Faller, resident Market Street, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgiumow B. Grave 9.

Private 2719, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 21 July 1916. Born Wotton-Under-Edge, Glos., enlisted Gloucester. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Extract from Gloucester Journal - Saturday 5 August 1916, page 6:

News has reached Wotton-under-Edge that Pte. A. L. Tilley has been killed in action. Deceased a popular young fellow, was apprenticed at Messrs. Mawdsley’s Engineering Works, Dursley, when war broke out, and he at once joined the Gloucesters, training at Chelmsford, where he became the crack shot of his battalion. He had been selected as sniper, and was very highly spoken of for his fearless courage. He was a good sportsman, and represented his town at cricket football, tennis, billiards, etc., and no one will be more sincerely mourned.

Corporal 21572, 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 19 July 1916. Born Dursley, Glos, enlisted Wotton-Under-Edge. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, born Dursley, Gloucestershire, son of George A and Agnes A Trotman, resident Long Street, Dursley, Gloucestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Extract from Gloucester Journal - Saturday 5 August 1916, page 6:

Corpl. Victor Trotman, of the Gloucester Bantams, is also reported killed. He was only 15½ years of age but enlisted older. His father, Pte George Trotman, is in Exeter Hospital, suffering from wounds.

In an extract from Gloucester Journal - 2 September 1916, page 6, the list of casualties includes "21572, Cpl. V. Trotman, Wotton-under-Edge".:

Middlesex, Harrow School Photographs Of Pupils & Masters 1869-1925

Captain, 5th Battalion (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22 August 1917. Educated Harrow School. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Finchley, Middlesex, at school, a boarder, resident 70, High Street, Harrow-On-The-Hill, Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 3 September 1917, page 4:

Capt. Seymour Burnell Tubbs, Gloucestershire Regiment, killed instantaneously while leading his company into action August 22, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. Tubbs, member of a family well-known in the world of golf. Educated at St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne, he was captain of the school XI. for three seasons, the last which yielded him batting average of 79. He was also captain of the Soccer team and head of the school. Later, when at Harrow, he was in his House XI. from his first season, and played for the school in many important matches, including the I, Zingari match. He was only 23 years of age.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 8 September 1917, page 3:

BERKELEY VALE GLEANINGS.

The Wotton-under-Edge district has had many grievous losses since the war, but none will seem more crushing than that of Capt. Seymour Burnell Tubbs, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. Tnbbs, of 2 Moore-street, Cadogan-square, London, and nephew of Mr. S. W. Tubbs, J.P., of Ellerncroft, Wotton-under-Edge, who was killed by a shell in action in France as was in the act of cheering on his men. A letter from one of his men states that the company has lost a gentleman and brave officer, and his death has caused them profound grief. The deceased officer, who was about 24 years of age, came to the Wotton district in 1912, when he joined the firm of Messrs. Tubbs, Lewis, and Co.. Kingswood. A young man of great personal charm, singleness of purpose, and sweetness of nature, coupled with a keen sense of humour, he soon became very popular in the district, and regret is general at the sudden termination to what would have been a most useful life. The late Captain Tubbs took a great interest in all forms of manly sport, and in peace days was the captain of the Wotton-under-Edge Cricket Club. He was very fine batsman, and gave many dashing displays with the willow which will not soon be forgotten by those who had the privilege of witnessing them.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 1 September 1917, page 2:

CAPT. S. B. TUBBS.

Captain Seymour Burnell Tubbs, Gloucestershire Regiment (killed instantaneously by a shell while leading his company into action on August 22) was the secoud son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. Tubbs, and was bom in 1893. He was educated at St. Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and Harrow, where he distinguished himself at fives (playing for the school) and at cricket. He enlisted at the outbreak of war, and received his commission about a month later, became captain, and went out France with his battalion in May, 1916. He fought on the Somme in the autumn, and was invalided home with trench fever, after being recommended for the M.C. Returning to duty in May of this year, he was acting adjutant for some months. The officer second in command of his battalion writes: "He was loved by all, both officers and men, aud we have never had in this battalion since it was formed a more popular, sounder, or more cheerful officer than he was. He was given a new company to form less than six weeks ago, and it is already acknoledged by all to be quite the best in the battalion, which says a great deal for his powers of leader ship and control of men. . . . His company did wonderfully good work, as did the rest his regiment."

Private 24498 [SDGW] or 24497 [CWGC], 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 18 November 1916. Born Wotton-Under-Edge, enlisted Dursley. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. Died of paratyphoid in a war hospital at Colaba, India, 11 July 1916. Aged 23. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Gloucestershire, son of Philip and Mary Upstone, resident Sym Lane, Wotton under Edge, Dursley, Gloucestershire. Buried 12 July 1916 in Sewri Cemetery, Bombay. His remains were brought from Bombay (Sewri) Cemetery for re-interment in Kirkee in 1962, and are buried in the grassed area between the Memorial and the Cross of Sacrifice. Commemorated on KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, India. Face C.

Extract from Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 29 July 1916, page 3:

The already formidable "Roll of Honour" for Wotton-under-Edge—a parish which did splendidly in sending voluntary soldiers and sailors to the Services—now contains another name—Pte. Alfred Elliott, of the Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in the trenches on July 8. The same shell which was responsible for his death also accounted for an officer, a sergeant, and four other men. He was the son of Mr. Alfred Elliott, of Wotton-under-Edge, and was only 19. Pte. William Robert Holborow, late Scots Gerys, attached to the Gordon Highlanders, fell on July 1. He was the son the late Mr. Daniel Holborow, and of Mrs. Holborow, of Tresham, Wotton-under-Edge, and was only 21. News has also been received that Lce.- Corpl. George Gingell. of the R.F.A., son Mr. and Mrs. John Gingell, of Hawkesbury Upton, and Lce.-Corpl. Victor Trayburn, of the Royal Sussex (Pioneers), who was for years employed, as compositor at the "Gazette" office, Dursley, have also made the great sacrifice. The latter, a young man, who was very popular with all who knew him, was "turned down" twice before being accepted for the Army in the early days of the war. A wide circle of friends will mourn the death of Sec.-Lieut. Cedric Donovan Upstone, only son of the late Rev. Philip Upstone, formerly curate Wotton-under-Edge, and afterwards vicar of Coaley, near Dursley. The gallant officer was 23 years of age and belonged to the Devons. He was serving in Mesopotamia when he was attacked by a fever, and passed away in a war hospital at Colaba, India. He spent his boyhood in Wotton-under-Edge, and news of his untimely end has aroused the greatest sympathy for his widowed mother.

[No details on SDGW] Private 20921, 15th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died out of service 5 November 1917. Aged 21. Son of John and Emma E. Vines, of Bradley St., Wotton-under-Edge. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, a Mill Hand Bobbin Collector, son of John William and Emma Elizabeth Vines, resident Potters Pond, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Enlisted 25 May 1915, discharged due to Sickness Para 392 (xvi) King's Regulations, issued Silver War badge 16771 26 October 1916. Buried North-East of the church in WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE (ST. MARY THE VIRGIN) CHURCHYARD, Gloucestershire.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 220:

VINES, WILFRID, Private, No. 20921, 14th (Service) Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt., s. of John William Vines, of The Cloud, Wotton-under-Edge, by his wife, Emma (—); b. Kingswood, near Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, 19 March, 1897 ; educ. there ; enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regt 31 May, 1915, and died at Wotton-under-Edge 5 Nov. 1917, from injuries accidentally received during training at Chisledon. Buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, Wotton-under-Edge ; unm.

Second Lieutenant William Bryan Wood © IWM (HU 127866)

Lieutenant - cannot locate anyone in locality nearest is possibly WOOD William Bryan. Second Lieutenant, “B” Company, 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 23 July 1916. Aged 22. Son of William Gent and Kate Annie Wood, of The Hawthorns, Langley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMROIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

WOOD William Bryan of The Hawthorns Chippenham Wiltshire second-lieutenant 8th Service battalion Gloucestershire regiment died on or since 23 July 1916 in France Administration London 29 August to Kate Annie Wood widow.
Effects £2665 in. 6d.

Flight Sergeant 1312970, 203 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20 March 1945. Aged 23. Son of Gordon and Mary Collins; husband of Cynthia F. E. (nee Burch) Collins, of Gloucester, married July to September Quarter 1943 in Glocester City egistration District, Gloucestershire. . No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 449.

Extract from Gloucester Citizen 27 March 1945, page 1:

FLT.-SERGT. WILFRED COLLINS, husband of Mrs. Cynthia Collins, of 26, Finlay Road, Gloucester, and second son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Collins, of 36, Philip Street, Gloucester, who is reported missing and believed to have lost his life as the result of air operations while serving as a wireless operator-air gunner with the RAF, in Ceylon, Flt.-Sergt. Collins has been serving in the Indian theatre of war for the 'past 15 months, and prior to joining the RAF, in 1940 was employed by the Bristol Tramways Company.

Volunteer, 6th Gloucestershire (South Gloucester) Battalion, Home Guard. Died 27 February 1941. Aged 30. Born 6 August 1910. Son of Maud Dyson; husband of Elsie Dyson, of Wolton-under-Edge. In the 1939 Register he was an Advertising Artist, married to Elsie May Dyson, resident Coxs Cabin, Coombe, Wotton-Under-Edge, Dursley R.D., Gloucestershire. Cremated and commemorated in BRISTOL (ARNOS VALE) CREMATORIUM, Gloucestershire. Panel 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1941:

DYSON John Bernard of Venns Acre Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire died 27 February 1941 at The Royal Infirmary Bristol Administration Gloucester 9 April to Elsie May Dyson widow.
Effects £272.

[Spelt FAULKENER on memorial] Aircraftman 1st Class 1408176, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 11 October 1943. Born 23 December 1921 in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Son of Jack and Emily Falkner, of Meadow View, Coomb Road, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Gamekeeper by trade. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 73.

Stoker 1st Class D/K 18839, H.M.S. "Prosperine," Royal Navy. Died 10 August 1943. Aged 48. Son of Harry and Ellen Oliver, of Wotton-under-Edge. Buried in WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE CEMETERY, Gloucestershire. Grave 876.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

OLIVER Henry George of Ludgate Hill Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire died 11 August 1943 Administration Bristol 29 November to Pamela Day, (wife of John Day).
Effects £115 4s: 10d.

Sub-Lieutenant (A), H.M.S. "Heron" (Fleet Air Arm), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died on service 26 November 1942. Buried North of Baptist Church in WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE BAPTIST BURIAL GROUND, Gloucestershire.

Extract from Western Daily Press 30 November 1942, page 4:

ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

URQUHART—In November; Sub-Lieut. Alexander Roy Urquhart, Fleet Air Arm. R.N.V.R., youngest son of Mr A. N. Urquhart, of Portishead. Interment at Wotton-under-Edge 'Baptist Church, Tuesday, December 1, at 2:30.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

URQUHART Alexander Roy of Regnal Down-road Portishead Somersetshire died 26 November 1942 on war service Administration Bristol 7 May to Alexander Neville Urquhart electrical engineer. Effects £181 12s. 9d.