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War Memorial - Bibury, Gloucestershire, England


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William James Barnes
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Lance Corporal
13103
abt. 1895
25 September 1915
20
1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Son of Ernest and Sarah Barnes,
of Aldsworth, Cheltenham.
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Blagdon J. Bayliss
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Private
58510

27 August 1918

13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Longueval Road Cemetery, France
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Thomas Bedwell
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Corporal
4669

21 April 1916

7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
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Leonard Alfred Brasington
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Wireless Operator

abt. 1901
22 March 1918
17
Mercantile Marine, S. S. "Trinidad" (London)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Son of Randolph and Sarah Fanny Brasington,
of 11, Bibury, Fairford, Glos.
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William C. Bowles
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Private
1960

30 January 1915

1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France
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Douglas Burrard Cooper
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Lieut. Comr. (CWGC: Lieutenant)

abt. 1888
28 May 1915
27
Royal Australian Navy, H. M. A. S. "Melbourne"
on loan from Royal Navy
Bermuda Royal Naval Cemetery, Bermuda
Son of R.B. Cooper,
of Bilnery Court, Fairford, Gloucestershire,
husband of Adelaide Joan Schneid Cooper.
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Albert Victor Day
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Private
15825
abt. 1894
26 October 1914
20
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of William and Eliza Day,
of The Club House, Golf Links, Cirencester, Glos.
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William Day
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Private
16185

23 March 1915

1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
Le Touret Memorial, France
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Walter Field
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Saddler
11855
abt. 1893
22 December 1918
25
"D" Bty. 130th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Son of Mrs. Fanny Iles,
of Bibury, Fairford, Glos.
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Allan E. Goodall
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Lance Corporal
23791

04 May 1916

1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, France
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Arthur Thomas Hawkins
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Private
892131
abt. 1882
10 November 1917
35
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Arthur and Ann Hawkins,
of Ablington, Bibury, Fairford, Glos., England.
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Walter Iles (Probably William Iles)
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Private
24728
abt. 1877
05 October 1917
41
12th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of the late Henry and Martha Iles,
husband of Kate Iles,
of Blenheim Cottages, Winson, Fairford, Glos.
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Jesse Jerome
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Private
PLY/2112 (S)

22 March 1918

2nd R. M. Bn. R. N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry
Arras Memorial, France
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Harry Paish
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Private
130096

03 June 1916

8th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Bouilly Cross Roads Military Cemetery, France
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William Pearce
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Private
31387
abt. 1899
05 December 1917
18
2nd/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
Son of Charles and Emily Pearce,
of Arlington, Bibury, Fairford, Glos.
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Hector Cecil Pritchett
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Private
29161
abt. 1898
27 November 1917
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3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
Son of George Edwin and Emily Priscilla Pritchett,
of Arlington, Bibury, Fairford, Glos.
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Wilfred Richens
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Private
22610
abt. 1898
29 December 1916
18
2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
Bibury (St. Mary) Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, UK
Son of John and Sarah Ann Richens,
of Bibury, Cirencester.
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Henry George Sheppard
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Private
5083
abt. 1891
27 August 1916
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1st/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France
Son of James and Mary Sheppard,
of Bibury, Glos.
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William Sims (Probably Arthur William Sims)
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Private
240470
abt. 1895
21 July 1916
21
"C" Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of Harry and Elizabeth Sims,
of Castlemaine Villa, Ashford Rd., Cheltenham.
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John James Smith (Probably)
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Serjeant
9522
abt. 1890
29 September 1918
28
2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy, France
Husband of Ira Louisa Smith.


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John Jeffries Smith (Probably)
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Private
24759
abt. 1894
25 March 1918
24
"A" Coy. 14th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Adopted son of Richard and Elizabeth Smith.
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George Thorn
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Private
210912
04 November 1884, Lymington, Hampshire, UK
19 December 1916
32
58th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France
Son of John and Verena Thorn,
of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England.
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John Henry Weaver
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Private
10295
abt. 1894
07 December 1916
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"C" Coy. 2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Doiran Memorial, Greece
Son of Thomas and Dinah Weaver,
of Coln St., Aldwyns, Fairford, Glos.
Born at Barnsley, Cirencester, Glos.
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Harold Witts
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Private
44838

20 September 1919

8th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
attd. Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Batumi British Military Cemetery, Georgia
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Charles Spencer (Probably)
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Gunner
11857

01 September 1916

"A" Bty. 73rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France
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The Hon. Ingelram Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
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Sergeant
1169866
abt. 1922
30 August 1941
19
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK
Son of Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele,
and Lady (Hersey Cecilia Hester) Saye and Sele,
of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
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Stanley Leeson
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Aircraftman 1st Class
1832216
abt. 1902
23 January 1945
43
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Bibury (St. Mary) Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, UK
Son of Harry and Fanny Leeson,
husband of Irene M. Leeson,
of Brixham, Devon.
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Cedric Garnet Rachael
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Private
5186024
abt. 1915
22 May 1940
25
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Bourghelles Communal Cemetery, France
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Cyril Frederick Saunders
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Corporal
5177515
abt. 1906
30 March 1942
36
1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
Son of Fred and Elizabeth Saunders,
of Arlington, Gloucestershire.
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Leslie Alfred Smith
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Leading Aircraftman
701196
15 July 1918
30 June 1941
22
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Bibury (St. Mary) Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, UK
Son of John and Lily Smith, of Bibury.

Memorial stone Leslie Alfred Smith Sacred
to the memory of
701196, L. A. C. Leslie Alfred Smith, R. A. F.
July 15th 1918 - June 30th 1941.

Alos of John Smith
father of above
Nov. 20th 1875 - March 3rd 1958.
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