DOZENS of readers have passed on information to help piece together the lives of the men commemorated on Nailsworth's war memorial.

To mark next year's centenary of the start of the First World War, volunteers from the Nailsworth Archives group are collating information on each of the 78 men who died in the conflict.

After appealing for information and photographs last week they have already had a great response in phone calls and emails.

If you have information on any of the men named on the memorial contact Mike on 01453 832739 or email nailswortharchive@yahoo.co.uk

You can also visit the Nailsworth Archive group on Mondays and Fridays from 10am to 12pm on the first floor of the town hall.


*The names of the 78 soldiers commemorated on Nailsworth war memorial are listed below.

 

Algernon Robert William BAKER
Born 1898 in Nailsworth
Died September 14, 1917

Ernest Charles BEALE
Born 1897 in Nailsworth
Died February 7, 1916

Harold Percy BIRD
Born 1889 in Nailsworth
Died September 30 1918

Joseph William BOWLEY
Born 1890 in Avening
Died March 28, 1918

Ernest Clough BOWN
Born 1892 in Stroud
Died March 7, 1919

Edward Thomas Smith BRAIN
Born 1894 in Bristol
Died September 26, 1915

Reginald Arthur BRINKWORTH
Born 1896 in Nailsworth
Died  August 23, 1918

William Ernest Charles BRINKWORTH
Born 1894 in Nailsworth
Died December 24, 1916

Harry BRISTOW
Born 1894 in Henfield, Sussex
Died May 5, 1916

Arthur Edward BROWN
Born 1880 in Avening
Died August 24, 1918

Claude Frank Stanley BROWNE
Born 1887 in Boxmoor, Herts
Died September 30, 1917

Reginald Thomas BROWNING
Born 1894 in Stroud
Died July 7, 1917

William George BUCKINGHAM
Born 1889 in Amberley
Died April 8, 1918

Alfred Henry BURFORD
Born 1884 in Nailsworth
Died February 25, 1919

Eric Ruegg CALVERT
Born 1890 in Nailsworth
Died August 8, 1917

Albert CHILD
Born 1893 in Hardwicke
Died March 13, 1915

Wilfred Joseph CLAPPEN
Born 1892 in Swindon
Died September 22, 1916

William CLARKE
Born 1891 in Cirencester
Died December 10, 1917

Henry CLISSOLD
Born 1871 in Nailsworth
Died September 28, 1917

George Edward COLE
Born 1893 in Nailsworth
Died April 10, 1918

Arthur Edward COOKE
Born 1886 in Whiteshill
Died Apeil 28, 1917

Wallace CREED
Born 1897 in Minchinhampton
Died March 21, 1918

Charley Francis EVANS
Born 1896 in Nailworth
Died July 9, 1917

Orlan Alfred EVANS
Born 1889 in Nailsworth
Died February 19, 1920

George GARDNER
Born 1890 in Upton St Leonard
Died October 27, 1914

Frank GUNTER
Born 1872 in Nailsworth
Died June 30, 1916

Henry Francis HAINES
Born 1891 in Nailsworth
Died March 18, 1917

George Henry HANKS
Born 1880 in Horsley
Died September 25, 1915

Bertie HARRISON
Born 1887 in Avening
Died May 31, 1915

Joseph Westell HEAVEN
Born 1896 in Nailsworth
Died January 14, 1917

Robert Wallis HEAVEN  (brother of Joseph)
Born 1897 in Nailsworth
Died October 4, 1917

James Edward Lewis HINTON
Born 1891in Cubbington, Warks
Died May 3, 1917

Christopher Leonard HOBDAY
Born 1897 in Nailsworth
Died April 12, 1917

Charles HOLBROW
Born 1894 in Horsley
Died May 31, 1916

William Ernest HOLBROW (brother of  Charles)
Born 1897 in Nailsworth
Died May 10, 1915

Arthur Reginald HOLLOWAY
Born 1893 in Horsley
Died November 3, 1916

George Henry William HUMPHRYS
Born 1897 in Nailsworth
Died March 21, 1918

Albert George William James JOBBINS
Born 1896 in Yeovil, Somerset
Died Octover 26, 1914

Gilbert Raymond LARGE
Born 1898 in Nailsworth
Died March 5, 1920

William Weaving LATHAM
Born 1889 in Brimscombe
Died June 3, 1918

Edward Emanuel LEIGH
Born 1883 in Bristol
Died September 26, 1915

Arthur Ernest LEONARD
Born 1889 in Nailsworth
Died August 23, 1918

Thomas Henry LEONARD
Born 1898 in Nailsworth
Died January 18, 1919

Frederick LEWIS
Born 1893 in Nailsworth
Died August 16, 1916

Harry LOCKE
Born 1889 in Ireland
Died  October 5, 1917

William Herbert Berkeley LONG
Born 1898 in Nailsworth
Died May 31, 1918

Charles Stanley MARMONT
Born 1880 in Thornton Heath, Surrey
Died February 15, 1919 

George Henry MASON
Born 1887 in Rodborough
Died July 28, 1917

William MAULE
Born 1886 in Horsley
Died October 26, 1914

Robert Henry MITCHELL
Born 1893 in Nailsworth
Died May 30, 1918

Charles David NURDING
Born 1893 in Avening
Died August 25, 1918

Donald Walter PARKER
Born 1900 in Nailsworth
Died November 19, 1918

William Charles PASH
Born 1896 in Nailsworth
Died July 23, 1916

Charles Barnett PAYNE
Born 1888 in Avening
Died October 19, 1918

Percy Joseph PEGLER
Born 1888 in Bisley
Died March 29, 1917

Alfred Merryman PHILLIPS
Born 1894 in Boddington
Died October 26, 1917

John Edward PORTER
Born 1892in Nailsworth
Died March 6, 1917

Reginald Harcourt POWELL
Born 1892 in Woodchester
Died May 4, 1917

Alfred Harold PYART
Born 1888 in Cheltenham
Died October 4, 1918

John Henry QUINN
Born 1896 in Bradford, Yorks
Died August 24, 1916

Norman James RIDLER
Born 1898 in Painswick
Died January 20, 1918

Harold Hubert Julius ROBERTS
Born 1891 in Cinderford,
Died March 21, 1918

Lewis Bertrand SAUNDERS
Born 1888 in Nailsworth
Died April 24, 1918

George Vines SEABOURNE
Born 1884 in Nailsworth
Died February 4, 1917

Frederick SHIPTON
Born 1884 in Horsley
Died November 11, 1914

Donald Sydney Bernard SHIPWAY
Born 1899 in Nailsworth
Died October 23, 1918

Arthur Henry Francis SMITH
Born 1885 in Minchinhampton
Died July 17, 1918

Frank SMITH
Born 1887 in Gloucester
Died April 21, 1916

Walter John STEPHENS
Born 1889 in Rodborough
Died August 3, 1917

William Leonard STEPHENS or STEVENS
Born 1891 in Minchinhampton
Died May 30, 1915

Albin Bernard STEVENS
Born 1890 in Nailsworth
Died February 28, 1917

Raymond STEVENS (brother of Albin)
Born 1888 in Nailsworth
Died August 11, 1915

Henry Bernard TEAKLE
Born 1895 in Nailsworth
Died October 10, 1917

Alfred Reginald TIMBRELL
Born 1900 in Nailsworth
Died November 8, 1918

Alan TUFFLEY
Born 1890 in Newington Bagpath
Died October 13, 1914

Herbert TUFFLEY (brother of Alan)
Born 1897 in Newington Bagpath
Died February 25, 1917

Frederick Reginald WILLIAMS
Born 1891 in Horsley
Died May 8, 1917

Guy WORKMAN
Born 1883 in Nailsworth
Died May 6, 1920

 


• The year of birth is usually an estimate based on the birth indexes available online. Place of birth is taken from census information, and is therefore not necessarily accurate.

The list was prepared by Rosalind John, of Nailsworth Archives