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7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
7th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment was raised at Bristol in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 39th Brigade 13th (Western) Division which assembled on Salisbury Plain. They moved to Tidworth and and spent the winter in billets in Basingstoke. They moved to Blackdown, Aldershot in February 1915 for final training and sailed from Avonmouth on the 19th of June 1915 landing at Alexandria then moving to Mudros, by the 4th of July to prepare for a landing at Gallipoli. The infantry landed on Cape Helles between the 6th and 16th of July to relieve 29th Division. They returned to Mudros at the end of the month, and the entire Division landed at ANZAC Cove between the 3rd and 5th of August. They were in action in The Battle of Sari Bair, The Battle of Russell's Top and The Battle of Hill 60, at ANZAC. Soon afterwards they transferred from ANZAC to Suvla Bay. They were evacuated from Suvla on the 19th and 20th of December 1915, and after a weeks rest they moved to the Helles bridgehead. They were in action during The last Turkishh attacks at Helles on the 7th of January 1916 and were evacuated from Helles on the 8th and 9th. The Division concentrated at Port Said, holding forward posts in the Suez Canal defences. On the 12th of February 1916 they moved to Mesopotamia, to join the force being assembled near Sheikh Sa'ad for the relief of the besieged garrison at Kut al Amara. They joined the Tigris Corps on the 27th of March and were in action in the unsucessful attempts to relieve Kut. They were in action in The Battle of Kut al Amara, The capture of the Hai Salient, he capture of Dahra Bend and The passage of the Diyala, in the pursuit of the enemy towards Baghdad. Units of the Division were the first troops to enter Baghdad, when it fell on the 11 March 1917. The Division then joined \"Marshall's Column\" and pushed north across Iraq, fighting at Delli 'Abbas, Duqma, Nahr Kalis, crossing the 'Adhaim on the 18 April and fighting at Shatt al 'Adhaim. Later in the year they were in action in the Second and Third Actions of Jabal Hamrin and fought at Tuz Khurmatli the following April. By the 28th of May 1918, Divisional HQ had moved to Dawalib and remained there until the end of the war, enduring extreme summer temperatures.
In July 1918, 39th Brigade was detached and joined the North Persia Force which was in Transcaspia by October 1918.
Feb 1915 On the Move
19th Jun 1915 On the Move
4th Jul 1915 Preparations
7th August 1915 In the Line
7th August 1915 In Action
8th Aug 1915 7th Gloucester lead the Attack 7th (service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment lead the others over the top of Chunuk Bair early on the Sunday morning.
9th August 1915 Shelling
10th August 1915 Support
11th August 1915 On the Move
12th August 1915 Sniper
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Those known to have served with 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Alexander John William. Pte. (d.6th Feb1917)
- Biffen Stanley George. Pte. (d.2nd December 1916)
- Clayton Charles. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Cleverly Stephen G.. Pte.
- Cook Frank Harold. Pte.
- Greenway Hubert Edward. L/Cpl.
- Harvey Herbert John. Pte. (d.9th December 1917)
- Hawkins William Francis. Pte. (d.8th Jan 1916)
- Ireland Alfred. Pte. (d.12th Jan 1917)
- Ireland Alfred. Pte. (d.12th Jan 1917)
- Kilmister Harry. Act. Sgt.
- Knight William. Pte. (d.7th Dec 1915 )
- Law Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Law Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Law Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Merrick George Arthur. Pte.
- Pamplin Archibald Stanley. Sgt. (d.8th August 1915)
- Purnell Albert Charles. Pte. (d.13th Nov 1915)
- Rossiter Stephen. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1915)
- Rossiter Stephen. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1915)
- Shore William Euwart Gladstone . Pte. (d.12th February 1917)
- Shore William Ewart Gladstone . Pte. (d.12th February 1917)
- Simms Frederick A.. Pte. (d.25th Jan 1917)
- Sterry Oscar. Pte.
- Vick Cecil Percy. Pte (d.25 Jan 1917)
- Walters John Thomas. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- West William Henry. Pte.
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Pte Cecil Percy Vick 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.25 Jan 1917) Cecil Vick is on our church Roll of Honour and I am looking into his wartime history as of June 2019. Am still researching
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Pte. Oscar Sterry 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Oscar Sterry served with the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Pte. Stephen G. Cleverly 7th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment This is picture of the 7th Gloucestershire Regiment on 2nd of December 1916 of men convalescing abroad after the Gallipoli campaign from the Cheltenham Chronicle.
Stephen Cleverly is listed in the picture and I can tell it's him due to the large ears that run in the family.
I also have his WW1 medals.
He was also in the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Family history is that he was wounded at Kut in (now) Iraq with a grazing bullet head wound and bullet leg wound.
His service record shows that he went into service 6th June 1915 which coincides with other soldiers who went to the Gallipoli campaign on the exact same date, same unit.
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Pte. William Ewart Gladstone Shore 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.12th February 1917) My Grandfather, WEG Shore, was firstly in the 1st Battalion Gloucester's. He was wounded in the Battle for Loos (Western Front). He returned home to recover October 1915. He saw his son (my father for the first time, as he was born just 7 days after grandfather sailed to France.
He was later shipped to Mesopotamia with 7th Battalion, wounded on the 10th of February 1917. He died from wounds received on 12th of February 1917. He left behind 4 small children, and my grandmother.
I have written a factual account of this and how my family coped with his loss (or not as it turned out). I have titled it "War Widow and Child", and sub titled it "Was she a Vilian and worst mother on Earth?
or A Victim of Tragedy and Predatory Men".
It is available form Amazon Books, if anyone wants to read an emotive thought provoking true story of how a normal Tommy's family was effected.
Much more than a war story.
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Pte. Frank Harold Cook 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Fortunately, the military pension record of Frank Cook survived the Blitz of World War Two. It is possible to put together a reasonably detailed account of his brief military career and experiences with the Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War.
Frank Cook was born at Cranham and enlisted at Shire Hall, Gloucester on 31st of August 1914. He was 20 years old and employed as a labourer. He was posted to 7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 5th September. 7th Gloucesters were raised in August 1914 and mostly recruited and trained in south-west England, forming part of 39th Brigade, 13th Division. Ordered to the Dardanelles, 7th Battalion, including Frank Cook, left England on 19th June 1915, and landed at Gallipoli on 11th July. Three men were wounded by sniper fire the following day. They marched to Naval Divisional Headquarters the following day, then to Geoghan's Bluff on the 15th. Another man was slightly wounded on 17th July.
The battalion was in line on the Helles front on 18th July. One man was wounded that night at Gully Ravine in the firing trenches. Four more were wounded on the 19th and another four on the 20th July. On 22nd July they were back at Geoghan's Bluff, suffering another three wounded. Another man was wounded on the 23rd, five on the 24th and two on the 24th. On 28th July they moved down to Gully Beach and embarked for Mudros, landing there the next day. They were at Lemnos on 1st August, and sailed from there to Anzac Cove on the 3rd. Together with the rest of 13th Division, 7th Battalion had landed at Anzac Cove to reinforce the Australians and New Zealanders. The battalion went into action on 8th August along the Rhododendron Spur to Chunuk Bair from which they were driven despite strong resistance by overwhelming Turkish fire with every single officer and senior non-commissioned officer being either killed or wounded and only one hundred and eighty men out of a starting strength of over a thousand being unwounded.
At the end of August 1915 the Battalion was withdrawn from the line, and the was brought back up to strength. Typically, when taking its turn in the front line, 7th Gloucesters were continually subject to sniper and shell fire, resulting in a steady trickle of casualties.
In September, 7th Gloucesters were manning the trenches at Salt Lake Lines and on 4th September 1915, Frank Cook was taken ill with dysentery, sand sent to No. 14 Casualty Clearing Station at Gallipoli. On 10th September he was sent to St George's Hospital, Malta to continue his treatment, and invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle on 13th October. On 19th October he was back at the Regimental Depot at Horfield Barracks, Bristol and, after having undergone treatment at Bristol, was found unfit for further military service on 29th December 1915 and discharged from the army. His dysentery had cleared up, but he was found to have a heart condition, which was adjudged to have been caused by the rigours of military service and awarded a pension. He was medically examined every six months after that, the level of his pension being adjusted according to how well or otherwise he was found to be.
Frank Cook was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory medal.
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Pte. Herbert John Harvey Gloucestershire Regiment (d.9th December 1917) In the 1911 census Herbert Harvey is listed as the son of Annie Harvey, a millhand, unmarried, born Bristol, resident Frocester Road, Eastington near Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Herbert Harvey served with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
He died in Mesopotamia on 9th of December 1917. Born in Bristol, he enlisted in Dursley and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
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Pte. George Arthur Merrick 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment George Merrick was honourably discharged on 21st of June 1916 with shrapnel wounds in both legs.
He had enlisted on 12th of August 1914. Went to Gallipoli where he was reported as wounded on 20th of September 1915. He was evacuated to Malta because of his serious wounds and sent home to be discharged on 21st of January 1916.
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Pte. William Francis Hawkins 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Jan 1916) William Hawkins was born on 17 Feb 1895 Stinchcombe, near Stroud. He served with Gloucestershire Constabulary from 1906 to 1912 (More info and a photo can be found on Gloucestershire Police Archives Site. His police no was 3839.) He served in 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 8th of January 1916. He's commemorated on the Helles War Memorial Turkey and on Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens, Gloucester where his brother Henry (who also served in the War) was the Sub Post Master.
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Pte. William Euwart Gladstone Shore 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.12th February 1917) William Shore was one of the Kitchener Volunteers, he was wounded in France and later served in Mesopotania. William died of wounds on the 12th of February 1917 and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery.
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Pte. William Henry West 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment William West of 7th Gloucestershires was wounded by a shell.
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Act. Sgt. Harry Kilmister 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Harry Kilmister fought at Gallipoli including Chunik Bair, and was evacuated along with his comrades to Egypt in January 1916. After that, he was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps, with 20% disability.
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Pte. Frederick A. Simms 7th (Service) Battalion Royal Gloucesters (d.25th Jan 1917) My Great Uncle Fred Simms was killed in the Battle of Hai Salient on the morning of 25th of Jan 1917.
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Pte. Alfred Ireland 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.12th Jan 1917) Alfred Ireland was born in 5th August 1890 in Easton, Bristol. He was the son of Thomas Martin and Mary Ann (nee Mountain). Alfred worked at the Bristol Wagon Works. He died in Mesopotamia and is remembered in the Amara War Cemetery.
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L/Cpl. Alfred Law 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1915) My great uncle, Lance Corporal Alfred Law, was killed along with hundreds of commonwealth troops an attack at Chunuk Bair early on the Sunday morning.
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Pte. Stephen Rossiter 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.30th Nov 1915) My great uncle, Stephen Rossiter of the 7th Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, was killed in action, aged 40 years on 30th of November 1915.
He was the son of Stephen & Annie Rossiter and husband of Elizabeth Rossiter of 3 Marsh Lane, Barton Hill, Bristol. He is buried at ANZAC Cemetery, Suvla. He was my grandmother's favourite brother and she always maintained that he had died from bayonet wounds, although I don't know how she came by this information.
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Pte. Charles Clayton 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1915) Charles Clayton died on the 8th of August 1915, aged 20 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
He was the son of Charles and Emily Clayton of 26 Court, 2 House, Cromwell St., Nechells, Birmingham.
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L/Cpl. Hubert Edward Greenway 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Hubert Greenway was born in 1896 at Fretherne with Saul Gloucestershire, son of William Rowles Greenway and Jane (nee Hancock). He was killed in action at Gallipoli and is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
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Pte. Alfred Ireland 7th Batallion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.12th Jan 1917) Alfred Ireland was born in Bristol on the 5th of August 1890, son of Thomas Martin and Mary Ann (nee Mountain). He died in Mesopotamia (Iraq) and is buried at the Amara Cemetery, which was virtually destroyed during the recent Iraq war.
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Pte. Stephen Rossiter 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.30th Nov 1915) Stephen Rossiter was born in Bristol in 1877, son of Stephen and Annie (nee Ayland). He was the husband of Elizabeth (nee Shapcott) and father of Rosina Elizabeth and George. He died at Gallipoli, and is buried Azmak Cemetery, Suvla.
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Pte. Albert Charles Purnell 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.13th Nov 1915) My great uncle, Albert Charles Purnell, enlisted in Bristol 1914 aged 17 and joined the 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
In 1915 his battalion left England and sailed for Gallipoli landing in August 1915. Sadly, Albert was killed in action on 13/11/1915 aged 18 and is buried in Hill 10 Cemetery Suvla Bay.
May he and his comrades rest in peace from a grateful and proud family.
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