Edgar Gideon Wicksey
Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force
St Paul’s Practising School
Edgar Gideon Wicksey was the son of Gideon Wicksey, a china packer, and lived at 35 Marle Hill Road whilst a pupil at the Practising School. He worked at Messrs Drake and Co. Drapers and Outfitters in Winchcombe…
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Harold Williams
Captain, Worcestershire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Harold Williams came from Worcester and studied in Cheltenham from 1913 – 1915. He was a member of the soccer team while at college. He became a Captain the 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and died on 25 April…
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Herbert Henry Williams
Captain, Wiltshire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Herbert Henry Williams attended Sandford Street Council School in Swindon before coming to train as a teacher at Cheltenham Training College in 1912. Herbert was the son of Mr and Mrs T H Williams who lived at 85…
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Private, Durham Light Infantry
St Paul’s Practising School
George William Williams was born on 4 May 1881 to James Williams, a coal dealer. He attended the Practising School from 1888 to 1894, and had connections with the Durham area, perhaps because his father worked in coal….
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Wallace Williams
Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
St Paul’s Practising School
Wallace Williams was born in Cheltenham and worked at Messers Norman Brothers Printers in Bennington Street prior to the outbreak of war. Wallace joined the 1st/ 5th (Territorial) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment as a Private and after being wounded…
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Lieutenant, Nigeria Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
There is one record of an S C H Williams who became a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Nigeria Regiment. He died on 14 October 1918 and is buried at Zaria European Cemetery, where his grave is marked…
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Stanley George Wilson
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Stanley George Wilson was the son of Walter Edward and Eliza Wilson and born in 1892. He worked at Norman Brothers’ Printers in Bennington Street before enlisting as a Private in the 1st/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. He was…
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William James Wilson
Second Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
William James Wilson came from Carlisle where he had been a pupil at the Robert Ferguson Mixed School. His parents William and Amelia lived in Crown and Anchor Lane in the city. He trained in Cheltenham to be…
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Herbert Wingfield
Sergeant, Royal Sussex Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Herbert Wingfield was a Cheltenham Training College student from 1907 – 1909. He was originally from Plaistow, Newham, East London, and gained distinctions in his final Geography and History examinations. He was the son of Samuel Wingfield, of…
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Wilfred John Wood
Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Wilfred John Wood was a Cheltenham Training College student from 1910 – 1912. Originally from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, he was the son of Robert and Isabel Wood of 125 Hindpool Road. He was a Second Lieutenant in the 4th…
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Lieutenant, East Lancashire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Edmund Woods was a student at Cheltenham Training College 1912 – 1914. Originally from Blackburn, he became a member of the college harriers running team. He was a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment and died…
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Frederick James Woolnough
Lance Corporal, Royal Regiment of Scotland
St Paul’s Practising School
Frederick James Woolnough was born on 15 September 1896, son of Howard and Fanny Woolnough, and lived at 261 High Street and later 25 St Paul’s Street North. He attended the Practising School from 1903 to 1911 when…
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Lance Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Albert John Yeates, son of plumber John Yeates, was born on 23 November 1888 and while at school lived at 1 Marsh Lane. He joined the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in 1913 and was transferred to the…
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Mary Ann Eliza Young
Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment
Cheltenham Training College
Mary is the only female student to feature on our First World War Roll of Honour. Originally from Cardiff, she had been a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1903 – 1905 where she trained to be a…
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