Frederick Clyde Clare
Private, Canadian Infantry
St Paul’s Practising School
Frederick Clyde Clare was born c.1886 and had been a pupil at St Paul’s Practising School. He had emigrated to Canada from Cheltenham before the war and was a Private in the 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry. He died…
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Philip Oswald Clarke
Private, Leicestershire Yeomanry
Cheltenham Training College
Philip Oswald Clarke was originally from Leicester and attended Cheltenham Training College from 1905 – 1907. He was the son of John Farmer and Elizabeth Clarke and his wife was called Louise. He was a Private in the…
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William Cleveley
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
William Cleveley was born on 3 April 1886 and started at the Practising School in 1892. He was the son of John Cleverley who was a stonebreaker. William was a regular solider and had enlisted in 1902, being…
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Frank Clifford
Lance Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Frank Clifford, son of Thomas Clifford, was born in Cheltenham in 1897. He was living at 15 King Street when he enlisted in the 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, becoming a Lance Corporal. He had a wife who lived…
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Leonard Clissold
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery
St Paul’s Practising School
Leonard Clissold was born c.1894 and had been a pupil at the Practising School. He was a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and died of typhoid in hospital in France on 13 April 1915, aged 21. He…
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Clarence Schofield Clough
Private, Northumberland Fusiliers
Cheltenham Training College
Clarence Schofield Clough came from Sheffield to join the 1914 – 1916 year group. His college nickname was “Spug”. Clarence enlisted as a Private in the 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers, and was fighting in the Arras…
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George Coleman
Lance Corporal, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Cheltenham Training College
George Coleman was a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1910 – 1912, and was originally from Liscard in Merseyside. He played for the 1st Soccer and Cricket teams whilst at college. He was a Lance Corporal in…
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Charles Arthur Coles
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Charles Arthur Coles lived at 16 Duke Street and was the son of Joseph and Jane Coles. Prior to the war he worked at a bootmakers in Portland Street and joined the Territorial Army. He travelled to France…
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Albert Reginald Cook
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Albert Reginald Cook was born in 1895 to Albert Reginald and Emily Cook of The Rowans, St Mark’s. He enlisted as a Private in the 1st/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on 2 September 1914 and served in France until…
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Henry Thomas Cooper
Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
St Paul’s Practising School
Henry Thomas Cooper was born in 1893, the son of Edward Thomas and Catherine Cooper of 15 Hamilton Place, Cheltenham. He had worked for seven years at a butcher’s shop in the High Street before enlisting as a…
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Private, Royal Sussex Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Edwin Cooper came from Horsham, Sussex, and studied to be a teacher from 1912 – 1914. His parents were Edwin and Mary Jane. He joined the 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment as a Private and lost his life…
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William Thomas Cossens
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
William Thomas Cossens was born in 1886, the son of Robert Cossens of 19 North Place, Cheltenham. He enlisted as a Private in the 1st/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and died, aged 30, on 23 July 1916 during the…
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John Charles Cox
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
John Charles Cox was born in December 1890 and lived at 18 Granville Street. He attended St Paul’s Practising School and was the son of John and Elizabeth Cox. Before the war John had worked at W H…
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Leonard Henry Cox
Private, Essex Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Leonard Henry Cox was the son of Leonard and Margaret Cox, living at 11 Northfield Terrace, Cheltenham. His three brothers, Reginald, Gilbert and William, all fought in the war. Leonard became a Private in the 2nd Battalion Essex…
View profile » Cyril Henry Cox
Private, Devonshire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Cyril Henry Cox was born on 12 June 1899. He lived at 5 Newent Place, Marsh Lane, while attending St Paul’s Practising School from 2 October 1905. He went on to gain a scholarship to Cheltenham (Pates) Grammar…
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Herbert Charles Craddock
Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
St Paul’s Practising School
Herbert Charles ‘Bert’ Craddock was born on 10 October 1894. His father was Sergeant Major Charles Craddock who ran the Sudeley Arms in Cheltenham prior to the war. Bert attended St Paul’s Practising School from 26 June 1903…
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William Albert Cratchley
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
William Albert Cratchley was born on 9 March 1896 and started at the Practising School in 1903. He lived at 42 Rutland Street, and left school in 1910 to enter the world of work. He was a Private in…
View profile » L O Creed
Unknown, Unknown
St Paul’s Practising School
L O Creed is one of eleven of our 264 Roll of Honour names we have yet to identify records for. If you have any information on this person, please get in touch with the Special Collections and…
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Frederick Wilkinson Crofts
Captain, London Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Frederick Wilkinson Crofts was originally from Nottingham and attended Cheltenham Training College to train as a teacher from 1902 – 1904. His parents were James and Elizabeth Crofts and he went on to marry Mary after moving back…
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William Crofts
Lieutenant, Lancashire Fusiliers
Cheltenham Training College
William Crofts attended Crumpsall Lane Mixed School in Manchester before joining the 1912 – 1914 year group. He was a member of the Troy house group while in Cheltenham. William went on to become a Lieutenant in the…
View profile » Stanley Gilbert Dale
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Stanley Gilbert Dale, born on 29 July 1899, was the son of George and Annie Louisa Dale and lived at 6 Victoria Square while he attended the Practising School. He left school on 28 July 1913 to become…
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Fred Daniels
Second Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Fred Daniels had been a pupil at St John’s School, Ladywood, Birmingham, before studying in Cheltenham 1907 – 1909. He gained a distinction in his examinations for Mathematics. Fred was a member of the Troy house group while…
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David Daniel Davies
Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery
Cheltenham Training College
David Daniel Davies was the son of Rees and Nora Davies of 22 Saxon Street, Merthyr Tydfil. He was part of the 1914 – 1916 year group, with the nickname “Stiffy”, and was a member of the rugby…
View profile » Evan Lloyd Davies
Corporal, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Evan Lloyd Davies was born at Yattenden, Berkshire, to William and Rhoda. He had been a pupil at Central Board School, Reading, before coming to Cheltenham. He trained to be a teacher between 1902 – 1904. After leaving…
View profile » Ernest Davis
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Ernest Davis was born in 1896, the son of Mary Ann and Fred Davis of 1 Brunswick Street, St Paul’s. He enlisted into the 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment as a Private in September 1914, and sailed to France…
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