Located on the village green beside the Alderly to Hawkesbury Upton road
HILLESLEY WAR MEMORIAL
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Compiled with additional information by kind permission of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Located on the village green beside the Alderly to Hawkesbury Upton road
Those who died for their country in the Great War 1914-1919
1914-1918
BAKER Dan. Private, 9777, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment died 16th September 1914. Son of Henry and Elizabeth of Hillesley Buried at Le Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France
BOX William Henry. Private, 17319, 10th Gloucestershire Regiment killed in action 25th September 1915 aged 22. Son of William and Emma Shipton of Lower Killcott, near Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
BUSHELL Henry. Private, 17412, 10th Gloucestershire Regiment killed in action 25th September 1915 aged 35. Son of Francis and Mary Jane of Hillesley, Gloucestershire. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
DREW Ernest. (Military Medal) (Memorial as Private) Sergeant 024504, Gloucestershire Regiment formerly 6550, 205th Machine Gun Corps killed in action 11th October 1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Note, The Soldiers of Gloucestershire site have him stated as above. The CWGC have him serving with the MGC on his death. He was born Haverhill, Suffolk. he was the son of Charles and Harriet. In 1911 he was married to Eva Knight and was residing with widowed father in law at 241 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire as an assistant grocer
HOLLANDS Frederick Thomas. Corporal, 12766, 10th, formerly the 9th Gloucestershire Regiment died 23rd March 1918 aged 34. Son of Frederick William and Ellen of Sittingbourne, Kent. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France,
JACKLIN Ted. Private, 17379, 10th Gloucestershire Regiment killed in action 25th September 1915 He was the son of Joseph and Annie who in 1911 were all residing at 200, High Street, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France. (Military records have Jacklyn)
SMITH Charles. Private, Gloucestershire Regiment. Unable to find the correct record for this person listed with the CWGC.
SMART Herbert John. Private 1064, 5th Royal Irish Regiment, formerly 11783, Somerset Light Infantry died 26th September 1915 at Gallipoli. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey Native of Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire His medal card shows his number as 1004.
TROTMAN George. Acting Bombardier 64512, T Battery Royal Horse Artillery died 4th July 1916 aged 25. Son of John and Caroline of Hillesley, Gloucestershire. Commemorated on the Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
LYONS Thomas Matthew. Private 41195, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment, died 28th august 1918 aged 30. Son of Thomas and Phoebe of Hillesley, Gloucestershire. Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France
COOPER Arthur Edward. Private 18687, 10th Worcestershire Regiment died 3rd July 1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
STINCHOMBE Arthur Percy. Private 18664, 10th Worcestershire Regiment died 23rd July 1916 aged 17. Son of George and Margaret of Parsonage Farm, Chisledon, Wiltshire. Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No2, Somme, France
DAVIS James. Lance Corporal 34075, 62nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps died 26th august 1916 aged 34. Son of Jesse and Bessie of Hillesley and husband of Ethel B Davis of Westview Hillesley, Gloucestershire
