Formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reform of the British Army, the Gloucestershire Regiment – known informally as the Glosters – has its origins dating to 1694.

At the outbreak of the Great War, the regiment’s four territorial and reserve battalions were swelled by the addition of a further eighteen battalions. Sixteen of these saw active service on the Western Front and in Italy, Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia and Salonika.

During the conflict, the Glosters gained more than seventy battle honours, including four Victoria Crosses. A total of 8,100 troops, however, were killed or mortally wounded.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Andrews, Private Herbert (d1918, aged 22, illness)

Biffen, Private Stanley (d1916, aged 22, illness)

Bowden, Private Ernest (d1917, aged 20, illness)

Chamberlain, Corporal Frederick (d1919, aged 22, illness)

Cornock, Private Albert (d1919, aged 40, illness)

Denmead, Private Jack (d1917, aged 20, illness)

Denny, Second Lieutenant Thomas (d1919, aged 28, cause unknown)

Edwards, Corporal Ralph (d1919, aged 35, cause of death unknown)

Fry, Private Walter (d1916, aged 19, died of wounds)

Gardner, Serjeant William (d1921, aged 45, illness)

Gibbons, Private Lionel (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Gillard, Private Sydney (d1919, aged 31, wounded in action)

Grant, Private Graham (d1916, aged 25, wounded in action)

Haskins, Private Oliver (d1920, aged 24, illness)

Higgins, Private William (d1918, aged 29, illness)

Hopkins, Private Frederick (d1917, aged 19, died of wounds)

Howe, Private Alfred (d1916, age and cause of death unknown)

Johnson, Private Frederick (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Neale, Private Frederick (d1918, age and cause of death unknown)

Poole, Captain Arthur (d1918, aged 25, illness)

Randall, Private Harold (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Sperring, Private Victor (d1918, aged 21, cause of death unknown)

Thompson, Private John (d1914, aged 38, illness)

Turner, Private Arthur (d1915, aged 23, illness)

Vines, Private Leslie (d1918, aged 20, cause of death unknown)

Vines, Private Wilfred (d1917, aged 20, wounded in action)

Wall, Private Percy (d1919, aged 38, died of wounds)

Wheeler, Private Harold (d1917, aged 19, cause of death unknown)

White, Private Richard (d1919, aged 33, illness)