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To the glory of God
and in proud and grateful remembrance
of Swindon men who lost their lives
in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
Their name shall live for evermore..
| CAREY | Alfred Charles | Private 420266, 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Killed in action 16 August 1916 at Ypres. Aged 27. Born 18 April 1899 in Cheltenham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carey, of Cheltenham, England; husband of Elizabeth Carey, of 3725, Pender St. East, Vancouver, British Columbia (originally living at 220 ForestAvenue when he enlisted). Tinsmith by trade. Enlisted and passed fit 18 December 1914 at Winnipeg aged 26 years 8 months. Height 5 feet 8 inches, girth 36 inches, complexion pale, eyes blue, hair fair. Religion Prebyterian. Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Valley Cottages Cem. Mem. B. 9. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1484 - 27 |
| CLIFT | Robert Charles | Private 235269, 2nd/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of illness 16 January 1918 on the Somme. Aged 27. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 8. [Not found on SDGW] |
| CULL | Albert Edward | Private 63364, 152nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action at Rouex, France 15 May 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Cheltenham. His parents, Robert W. and Louisa Cull, resided at "Cotteswold", Swindon Village. Formerly 30618, Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried in ROUEX BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row A. Grave 29. Commemorated on a plaque in St Lawrence Church.
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| GABELL | Douglas Ridley Charles |
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| HOWMAN | Henry Roger | Major, 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium between 25 and 26 April 1918. Aged 40. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 25. |
| WEBB | Alfred | Private 38647, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds at Rouen, France 30 March 1918. Aged 33. Born Gloucester, enlisted Stow-on-the-Wold, resident Bourton-on-the-Water. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Webb; husband of Edith Emily Webb, of Lower Slaughter, Glos. Native of Gloucestershire. Buried in ST SEVER EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 5A. |
| CORKE | Hubert William |
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Commemorated in the Churchyard but not on memorial
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| CANNOCK | George Lumbard |
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| KEYTE | William Henry Nelson |
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| WINSTONE | Charles Gordon | Private 2234, 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action in the Festubert area of France on 18 May 1915. Enlisted and resident Invernessshire. His father, Mr Gordon Arthur Winstone, resided at "Ewlyn", Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 41 and 42. Commemorated on his father's grave in St Lawrence Churchyard Swindon Village. He is also commemorated on the Cheltenham Borough War Memorial, the Grammar School Roll of Honour, the Leckhampton War Memorial and on the Leckhampton (St Peter's Church) Roll of Honour.
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Their Name Liveth For Evermore
28 March 2005
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