Coln St Aldwyns: War Memorial Gateway (Gloucestershire)
The inscription
THIS GATEWAY COMMEMORATES
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
THESE TEN GAVE THEIR LIVES
[NAMES]
THE LORD SHALL GIVE HIS PEOPLE THE BLESSING OF PEACE
PS.XXIX.10
The names, with identifications from the CWGC database, reorganized by their date of death:
Pte. W. Curtis, 1st Wilts. Regt.
PRIVATE WILLIAM GEORGE CURTIS
Service Number: 7209
1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Buried or commemorated at: LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Panel 33 and 34.
[Evidence of ID from the records of the International Committee of the Red Cross]
Born Ashbrook, 1886; joined 4th Gloucestershire Regiment, 6 April 1903, aged 17, Service No: 4708 (WO 96)
Corpl. T. Leach, Gren. Gds.
LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS (TOM) LEACH
Service Number: 17360
2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards
Died 11 May 1915
Buried or commemorated at: LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, III. A. 34.
Soldiers Died in the Great War: b. Northleach, enlisted Cirencester, died of wounds
See also: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19150...
Capt. M. H. Viscount Quenington, R. Glos. Hus.
LIEUTENANT Viscount QUENINGTON, alias LIEUTENANT MICHAEL HUGH HICKS-BEACH
1st/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Died 23 April 1916
Aged 39 years old
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Additional Info: Viscount Quenington. Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury. Son of 1st Earl St. Aldwyn and Countess St. Aldwyn, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos.; husband of the late Viscountess Quenington. Lady Quenington, who died at Cairo 5th March, 1916, is buried by his side.
Buried or commemorated at: CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY, G. 321-324.
Corpl. W. C. Hancock, Gren. Gds.
LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM CHARLES HANCOCK
Service Number: 17359
2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards
Died 15 September 1916
Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 8 D.
Pte. B. Bates, 5th Canadians
PRIVATE BASIL BATES
Service Number: 105273
5th Bn., Canadian Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Aged 27 years old
Additional Info: Son of Charles and Elizabeth Bates, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos, England.
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, VII. E. 2A.
Personal Inscription: THY WAY NOT MINE O LORD
Lieut. Lambert Barton, R.F.C.
LIEUTENANT LAMBERT FRANCIS BARTON
74th Sqdn., Royal Air Force
Died 17 May 1918
Aged 19 years old
Additional Info: Son of Frances L. Barton, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos., and the late William L. Barton.
Buried or commemorated at: EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, II. B. 37.
Pte. E. Hemmings, R. Warwick Regt.
PRIVATE E. HEMMINGS
Service Number: TR/7/27519
51st Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1918
Aged 18 years old
Additional Info: Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hemmings, of Hatherop, Fairford, Glos.
Buried or commemorated at: NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK, 54. 529.
Personal Inscription: IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
Major M. Churchill, 12th Cavalry I.A.
MAJOR WANDRIL MAURICE CHURCHILL
12th Cavalry, Indian Army
Born 1882; baptized St. Mark, Reigate, 28 December 1882; 2nd Lieut., 4th (Cambridge University) Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, 1902 (London Gazette, 29 Aug 1902, p. 5606), transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, January 1903 (London Gazette, 27 Jan 1903, p. 533), then to the 12th Cavalry, April 1904 (London Gazette, 23 Sep 1904, p. 6140); m. Eileen Mary Power, St George Hanover Square, 1912; appointed Staff Captain attached to Headquarters, August 1915 (Scotsman, 19 Aug 1915, p. 8); wounded at Gallipoli, ca. October 1915; admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital (GSW fracture skull), Millbank, 8 Dec 1915 (MH 106/1701 Hospital Admission and Discharge Registers, The National Archives), awarded Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class, January 1918; retired March 1918, “in consequence of wounds” (London Gazette, 26 March 1918, p. 3772); admitted Queen Alexandria’s Military Hospital, 25 Oct 1918 (MH 106/1723); died of pneumonia, following influenza, London, 4 November 1918; buried St. Peter’s Churchyard, Broadstairs, Kent (he does not seem to be commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission); his widow married Admiral V. H. G. Bernard, C.B. at St Saviour’s, Walton Street, Chelsea, SW on the 29 September 1926.
Entry in List of Etonians who fought in the great war, 1914-1919 (p. 52): “1901. Churchill, W. M. (F) Maj. Cav. I.E.F., att. Middlesex Hussars, w., m. Egypt, Gallipoli (d. 4.11.18). S.R.J., R.W.W., T.”
Bristol Times and Mirror, 7 Nov 1918 (p. 5): “MAJOR W. M. CHURCHILL. The death has occurred in London, from pneumonia, of Major Wandril Maurice Churchill (Indian Cavalry), of Coln St. Aldwyn, Glos. Deceased was the son of the Rev. W. H. Churchill, of Broadstairs, and was 36 years of age.”
Gloucestershire Chronicle, 25 Jan 1919 (p. 8): home address given as Mill House, Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford
Dvr. A. E. Hicks, R.G.A.
DRIVER ALBERT EDWARD HICKS
Service Number: Z/3498
106th Reserve Bde., Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 14 January 1919
Aged 38 years old
Additional Info: Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Hicks; husband of Annie Mabel Hicks, of Coln St. Aldwyns, Cirencester.
Buried or commemorated at: COLN ST. ALDWYN (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, In new (South) ground.
Personal Inscription: THY WILL BE DONE
Born Didmarton, 1880; m. Annie Mabel Leach, Cirencester (district), 1906.
1911 Census: Resident at Moors Barn Cottages, Coln St. Aldwyns; aged 30, waggoner on farm, b. Didmarton; with wife: Annie Mabel Hicks, aged 31, b. Coln St Aldwyns; and brother: Frederick James Hicks, aged 17, under waggoner on farm, b. Shipton Moyne.
Dvr. H. Tombs, 16th Canadian L.I.
LANCE CORPORAL HENRY TOMBS
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, later 32nd Battalion, Service No. 426669; discharged medically unfit, October 1916.
Not in CWGC database.
Coln St Aldwyns: War Memorial Gateway (Gloucestershire)
The inscription
THIS GATEWAY COMMEMORATES
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
THESE TEN GAVE THEIR LIVES
[NAMES]
THE LORD SHALL GIVE HIS PEOPLE THE BLESSING OF PEACE
PS.XXIX.10
The names, with identifications from the CWGC database, reorganized by their date of death:
Pte. W. Curtis, 1st Wilts. Regt.
PRIVATE WILLIAM GEORGE CURTIS
Service Number: 7209
1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment
Died 31 October 1914
Buried or commemorated at: LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Panel 33 and 34.
[Evidence of ID from the records of the International Committee of the Red Cross]
Born Ashbrook, 1886; joined 4th Gloucestershire Regiment, 6 April 1903, aged 17, Service No: 4708 (WO 96)
Corpl. T. Leach, Gren. Gds.
LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS (TOM) LEACH
Service Number: 17360
2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards
Died 11 May 1915
Buried or commemorated at: LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, III. A. 34.
Soldiers Died in the Great War: b. Northleach, enlisted Cirencester, died of wounds
See also: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19150...
Capt. M. H. Viscount Quenington, R. Glos. Hus.
LIEUTENANT Viscount QUENINGTON, alias LIEUTENANT MICHAEL HUGH HICKS-BEACH
1st/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Died 23 April 1916
Aged 39 years old
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Additional Info: Viscount Quenington. Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury. Son of 1st Earl St. Aldwyn and Countess St. Aldwyn, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos.; husband of the late Viscountess Quenington. Lady Quenington, who died at Cairo 5th March, 1916, is buried by his side.
Buried or commemorated at: CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY, G. 321-324.
Corpl. W. C. Hancock, Gren. Gds.
LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM CHARLES HANCOCK
Service Number: 17359
2nd Bn., Grenadier Guards
Died 15 September 1916
Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 8 D.
Pte. B. Bates, 5th Canadians
PRIVATE BASIL BATES
Service Number: 105273
5th Bn., Canadian Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Aged 27 years old
Additional Info: Son of Charles and Elizabeth Bates, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos, England.
Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, VII. E. 2A.
Personal Inscription: THY WAY NOT MINE O LORD
Lieut. Lambert Barton, R.F.C.
LIEUTENANT LAMBERT FRANCIS BARTON
74th Sqdn., Royal Air Force
Died 17 May 1918
Aged 19 years old
Additional Info: Son of Frances L. Barton, of Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford, Glos., and the late William L. Barton.
Buried or commemorated at: EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, II. B. 37.
Pte. E. Hemmings, R. Warwick Regt.
PRIVATE E. HEMMINGS
Service Number: TR/7/27519
51st Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 October 1918
Aged 18 years old
Additional Info: Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hemmings, of Hatherop, Fairford, Glos.
Buried or commemorated at: NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK, 54. 529.
Personal Inscription: IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
Major M. Churchill, 12th Cavalry I.A.
MAJOR WANDRIL MAURICE CHURCHILL
12th Cavalry, Indian Army
Born 1882; baptized St. Mark, Reigate, 28 December 1882; 2nd Lieut., 4th (Cambridge University) Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, 1902 (London Gazette, 29 Aug 1902, p. 5606), transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, January 1903 (London Gazette, 27 Jan 1903, p. 533), then to the 12th Cavalry, April 1904 (London Gazette, 23 Sep 1904, p. 6140); m. Eileen Mary Power, St George Hanover Square, 1912; appointed Staff Captain attached to Headquarters, August 1915 (Scotsman, 19 Aug 1915, p. 8); wounded at Gallipoli, ca. October 1915; admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital (GSW fracture skull), Millbank, 8 Dec 1915 (MH 106/1701 Hospital Admission and Discharge Registers, The National Archives), awarded Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class, January 1918; retired March 1918, “in consequence of wounds” (London Gazette, 26 March 1918, p. 3772); admitted Queen Alexandria’s Military Hospital, 25 Oct 1918 (MH 106/1723); died of pneumonia, following influenza, London, 4 November 1918; buried St. Peter’s Churchyard, Broadstairs, Kent (he does not seem to be commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission); his widow married Admiral V. H. G. Bernard, C.B. at St Saviour’s, Walton Street, Chelsea, SW on the 29 September 1926.
Entry in List of Etonians who fought in the great war, 1914-1919 (p. 52): “1901. Churchill, W. M. (F) Maj. Cav. I.E.F., att. Middlesex Hussars, w., m. Egypt, Gallipoli (d. 4.11.18). S.R.J., R.W.W., T.”
Bristol Times and Mirror, 7 Nov 1918 (p. 5): “MAJOR W. M. CHURCHILL. The death has occurred in London, from pneumonia, of Major Wandril Maurice Churchill (Indian Cavalry), of Coln St. Aldwyn, Glos. Deceased was the son of the Rev. W. H. Churchill, of Broadstairs, and was 36 years of age.”
Gloucestershire Chronicle, 25 Jan 1919 (p. 8): home address given as Mill House, Coln St. Aldwyn, Fairford
Dvr. A. E. Hicks, R.G.A.
DRIVER ALBERT EDWARD HICKS
Service Number: Z/3498
106th Reserve Bde., Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 14 January 1919
Aged 38 years old
Additional Info: Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Hicks; husband of Annie Mabel Hicks, of Coln St. Aldwyns, Cirencester.
Buried or commemorated at: COLN ST. ALDWYN (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, In new (South) ground.
Personal Inscription: THY WILL BE DONE
Born Didmarton, 1880; m. Annie Mabel Leach, Cirencester (district), 1906.
1911 Census: Resident at Moors Barn Cottages, Coln St. Aldwyns; aged 30, waggoner on farm, b. Didmarton; with wife: Annie Mabel Hicks, aged 31, b. Coln St Aldwyns; and brother: Frederick James Hicks, aged 17, under waggoner on farm, b. Shipton Moyne.
Dvr. H. Tombs, 16th Canadian L.I.
LANCE CORPORAL HENRY TOMBS
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, later 32nd Battalion, Service No. 426669; discharged medically unfit, October 1916.
Not in CWGC database.