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First World War
 
 

Roll of Honour
The Battle of Loos

Those of Cheltenham and local areas who fell on 25th September 1915: the first day
of the Battle of Loos

10th Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment (35)

Gloucestershire Regiment

Sgt Ernest Richard ARTUS

Granville Street, off Poole Way

Sgt Ernest Linden Howard BETTERIDGE 

Hatherley Street

Sgt Frederick Ewart BRIDGMAN

Brookway Road

Pte Charles Edward BROOKES

Holy Trinity

Pte Hubert Frederick Arnold BUTLER

Montpellier Villas

Sgt Thomas COOMBEY

Charlton Kings

Pte Ernest DAVIS

St James' Street

Pte Cecil James DELANEY 

Tewkesbury Road

Pte William DISTON

All Saints

Sgt Frank Maurice DRISCOLL

Marle Hill Road

Pte Robert ELLIOTT

Bath Parade

Pte Thomas EVANS

Brandon Terrace

Pte Frank Reginald GAPPER

Cheltenham

Lcpl James Christopher Lipscomb GAPPER

Burton Street

Sgt Horace GARNER

Montpellier Villas

Capt Ivan Richard GIBBS

Park Place

Lcpl Albert George GOSTLOW

Swindon Street

Pte Frederick Stephen GROVES

Christchurch Road

Pte Leonard Benjamin HARRIS

St Luke's

Pte Arthur HARRISON

Tewkesbury Road

Pte David HAWLING

Nailsworth Terrace

Pte Arthur Henry HOUGHTON

Beaufort Buildings, Portland Street

Pte Arthur Granville LOCKEY

Saint Paul's Road

Pte Frank Thomas LONG

Gotherington

Pte Alfred MATTHEWS

Gratton Street

Pte George MAYALL

Prestbury

Pte William RIVERS

St James Street

Sgt George Ernest ROBINSON

Upper Bath Road

Pte Henry RUMBOLD

Malvern Street

Lcpl Charles Alfred SMART

York Street

Pte Frederick SMITH

Charlton Kings

Pte William Frank SMITH

St Phillip's Street

Sgt James Henry TAYLOR

Milsom Street

Pte Charles WICKS

Union Street

Lcpl Albert John WILLIAMS

Charlton Lane

2nd Battalion
Royal Berkshire Regiment (1)

Royal Berkshire Regiment

Pte George William HYDE

Sun Street

9th Battalion
Welsh Regiment (1)

Welsh Regiment

Pte Stanley George MITCHELL

Victoria Parade

2nd Battalion
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantory (1)

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantory

Sgt William DRAKE

High Street

10th Battalion
Sherwood Foresters (1)

Sherwood foresters

Pte Henry Thomas COOPERs

Hamilton Place

9th Battalion
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1)

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte John SHELLAM

Market Street

1st Battalion
Northamptonshire Regiment (1)

Northamptonshire Regiment

Capt Anketell Moutray READ, VC 

Shurdington Road

28th Punjabis
(Indian Army) (1)

Punjabis

Lt Elliot Blair GRASSETT

Lypiatt Terrace

2nd Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment (1)

South Staffordshire Regiment

Capt Arthur Forbes Gordon KILBY, VC, MC

 Pitville Circus Road


Notes:

1.

The following are buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos

Sgt Artus
Sgt Betteridge
Cpl Harrison
Pte Harrison
Capt Read VC

2.

The following are buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Loos

Sgt Bridgman
Sgt Driscoll
Pte Rumbold

3.

Capt Gibbs is buried St Mary's Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Haisnes, near Loos.

4.

Pte Brookes is buried in Loos British Cemetery.

5.

Pte Houghton is buried in the Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.

6.

Sgt Drake is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, France.

7.

Pte Cooper is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

8.

The following have no known grave and are commemorated
on the Loos Memorial To The Missing:

Pte Butler
Sgt Coombey
Pte Davis
Pte Delaney
Pte Diston
Pte Elliott
Pte Evans
Pte F Gapper
Lcpl J Gapper

Sgt Garner
Lcpl Gostlow
Pte Groves
Pte Harris
Pte Lockey
Pte Long
Pte Matthews
Pte Mayall
Pte Mitchell

Pte Rivers
Sgt Robinson
Pte Shellam (incorrectly listed as Shillam)
Lcpl Smart
Pte F Smith
Pte W Smith
Sgt Taylor
Pte Wicks
Lcpl Williams

9.

Capt Kilby, VC, is buried in Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France.

10.

Pte Hyde has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial To The Missing.

11.

Lt Grassett has no known grave and is commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial To The Missing.

12.

Sgt Driscoll is commemorated on the grave of his father in Cheltenham Borough Cemetery

13.

Sgt Robinson is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Borough Cemetery

14.

Lt Grassett is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Borough Cemetery

 
   
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