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2/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment



   2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was a second line territorial unit formed in Bristol in September 1914. They proceeded to France in May 1916 as part of 183rd Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. The Battalion was disbanded in February 1918.

3rd Jun 1915 2/8th Worcesters beat 2/4th Gloucesters at cricket

4th Sep 1915 Recruiting

10th Sep 1915 Inspection

11th Sep 1915 Air Raid

30th Sep 1915 Training

1st Oct 1915 Training

11th Oct 1915 Exercise

15th Oct 1915 On the March

25th Oct 1915 On the March

26th Oct 1915 Company Training

25th Nov 1915 Postings

1st Dec 1915 Training

23rd May 1916 On the Move

24th May 1916 On the Move

25th May 1916 On the Move

26th May 1916 On the Move

27th May 1916 On the Move  location map

28th May 1916 On the March  location map

29th May 1916 Company Training  location map

30th May 1916 Orders  location map

31st May 1916 On the March  location map

15th Jun 1916 Mine Exploded  location map

4th Jul 1916 Trench Raid

16th Jul 1916 HQ Moves

17th Jul 1916 Quiet

18th Jul 1916 Quiet

19th Jul 1916 Attack Fails

19th Jul 1916 In Action

20th Jul 1916 Relief Completed

21st Jul 1916 In Billets

6th Sep 1916 Patrols  location map

25th Sep 1916 Bombing

28th November 1917 Relieved Gloucesters  location map

28th November 1917 Operational Orders  location map

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There are:5264 items tagged 2/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment available in our Library

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Those known to have served with

2/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Baliey Frank. Pte. (d.4th Sept 1916)
  • Bell William. Pte (d.27th Aug 1917)
  • Clutterbuck Alfred Charles. Pte. (d.27th Aug 1917)
  • Humphrey Lawrence. Pte. (d.27th August 1918)
  • Pratt Ralph Lewis. Capt (d.18th October 1916)
  • Vangorph Ernest. Pte. (d.26th August 1917)
  • Westprey Bernard Robert. Pte. (d.3rd December 1917)

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  Pte. Alfred Charles Clutterbuck 2nd/4th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.27th Aug 1917)

Alfred Charles Clutterbuck served with the 2/4th Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment and died on the 27th August 1917. Alfred was born in Cinderford in 1891, Son of Jonah and Alice Clutterbuck (nee Brain). In the 1911 census was working as a Hodder in the Colliery.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.

Martyn Rundle






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