Ernest Davis
Private, Royal Army Service Corps
St Paul’s Practising School
Ernest Davis, born on 11 April 1889, was the son of Thomas and Emily Davis. He attended Cheltenham Parish School (administered by St Paul’s Practising School) from June 1900, and left in July 1903. During his schooling he…
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Edward Dicks
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Edward Dicks was born c.1876 and had been a pupil at the Practising School. He then went on to work at Cheltenham Gas Company for over 20 years before enlisting on 30 November 1914. He was a Private…
View profile » Alfred Ernest Christie Dix
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Alfred Ernest Christie Dix was born in 1885 and had been a pupil at St Paul’s Practising School. He joined the 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment as a Private. Alfred was killed at the end of the Battle of Bazentin on…
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Albert Dix
Lance Corporal, Monmouthshire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Albert Dix was born on 23 June 1897, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Dix. He attended the Practising School from 1908 – 1911, while living at 47 Brunswick Street. He left school to become an errand boy, later…
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William Spencer Drake
Sergeant, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
St Paul’s Practising School
William Spencer Drake was born on 1 October 1886 in Thame, Oxfordshire and attended the Practising School from 1 February 1892 to 9 September 1895. He was the son of William and Emily Drake of 165 High Street,…
View profile » Ernest William Drew
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Ernest William Drew was born in 1883 and had been a pupil at St Paul’s Practising School. He enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Ernest died on 18 July 1916 at the Battle of…
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Ernest Drew
Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
St Paul’s Practising School
Ernest Drew was born in Suffolk but moved to Cheltenham before attending the Practising School. He became Manager of Goodmans Provision Store on the High Street and went on to marry and have a son called Hector. He…
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Frank Maurice Driscoll
Lance Sergeant, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Frank Maurice Driscoll was born on 4 April 1885 to Dennis and Alice Driscoll of 64 Marle Hill Road, Cheltenham. He attended the Practising School from 4 April 1895 to 2 April 1909 whilst living at 35 St…
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John Patrick Driscoll
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
John Patrick Driscoll was born in 1884 to Dennis and Alice Driscoll of 64 Marle Hill Road, Cheltenham. He became a Private in the 2/4th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in February 1916. John died on 27 August 1917, age…
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John Edward Duckett
Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Cheltenham Training College
John Edward Duckett originated from Farnley, Leeds and studied at Cheltenham from 1906 – 1908. He joined the 21st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman before losing his life on 2 January 1917. John is buried…
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Herald James Dunford
Private, Honourable Artillery Company
Cheltenham Training College
Herald James Dunford came from Leicester and attended Cheltenham Training College from 1906 – 1908. He joined the 1st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company as a Private and died on 15 November 1916. Having no known grave Herald is…
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Henry Arthur Packer Dunn
Rifleman, South Lancashire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Henry Arthur Packer Dunn was born on 1 December 1898 to Henry and Emily Dunn. He attended St Paul’s Practising School from 22 October 1906 while living at Victoria Cottages, St Paul’s Road. Aged 18, Henry became a…
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Charles Dutton
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Charles Dutton was the son of Charles and Mary Dutton of 30 Rutland Street. He had been a pupil at St Paul’s Practising School. He became a Private in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and was wounded during…
View profile » John Pirrie Eager
Private, Monmouthshire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
John Pirrie Eager had been a pupil at the Practising School, living at 10 Victoria Street. He joined the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment as a Private and was killed at the battle of St Julien on 2 May…
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Thomas Henry Emmes
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Thomas Henry Emmes was born on 14 June 1885, the son of Thomas and Emily Jane Emmes. His father Thomas died seven months before he was born. By 1891 his mother had remarried and Thomas was living with…
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Edward Jason Evans
Second Lieutenant, Gloucestershire Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Edward Jason Evans, originally from Leominster, was a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1913 – 1915. He was the son of William Henry and Sarah Ann Evans, of 22 Burgess Street. He was a Second Lieutenant in…
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Reginald Wilfred Evans
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Reginald Wilfred Evans was the son of Edward and Sophia Evans and fiancé of Hilda Maisey. He enlisted as a Private in the 1st/ 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in 1915 before travelling to the Western Front. Reginald died…
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Albert Ernest Exall
Private, Canadian Infantry
Cheltenham Training College
Albert Ernest Exall was a student between 1908 – 1910, having previously been a pupil at Lord Scudamore’s Endowed School, Hereford. He gained a first class teaching qualification and later emigrated to Canada. Albert joined the Canadian Light…
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Edward Francis Fadden
Lance Corporal, Royal Fusiliers
Cheltenham Training College
Edward Francis Fadden originally attended Southwick Park School before becoming a student at Cheltenham from 1913 – 1915. While a student he played rugby as a member of the college team. Edward became a Lance Corporal in the…
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James Harold Gilbert Fennell
Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
James Harold Gilbert Fennell was the son of George Fennell, living at 20 Hereford Villas, Swindon Road. He had been a member of the Gordon Boys’ Brigade prior to enlisting. At the age of 19 he became a…
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George Charles Fennemore
Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
Cheltenham Training College
George Charles Fennemore had attended Fratton School, Portsmouth, before training to be a teacher at Cheltenham Training College from 1905 – 1907. While a student he was a member of the Nineveh house group. George went on to…
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Henry Horatio Edward Ferguson
Captain, Highland Light Infantry
Cheltenham Training College
Henry Horatio Edward Ferguson was the son of George and Elizabeth Ferguson of 10 Hazelwood Terrace, Peverell, Plymouth. He attended Johnston Terrace Board School in Devonport before coming to Cheltenham to train as a teacher from 1906 –…
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George Fisher
Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry
St Paul’s Practising School
George Fisher was the youngest son of Charles and Susan Fisher, born in 1883. He lived at 34 Swindon Road and after leaving the Practising School went to work for the Gloucestershire Co-operative Wholesale Society. George emigrated to…
View profile » Charles George Fisher
Private, Worcestershire Regiment
St Paul’s Practising School
Charles George Fisher was born on 12 October 1899 and whilst at the Practising School lived with his parents Harry and Sarah Ann at St Paul’s Cottages. He left school on 5 May 1914 and went to work…
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Oswald Woodward Foulkes-Winks
Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment
Cheltenham Training College
Oswald Woodward Foulkes-Winks was a Cheltenham Training College student from 1913 – 1915. He was the son of Benjamin and Mary Adeline Foulkes-Winks, of 32 Loveday Road, Ealing, London. Oswald was a Second Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion…
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