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9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
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Those known to have served with 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Critchley Alfred Henry. Pte.
- Fairman William Manfield. Pte.
- Fairman William Manfield. Pte.
- Howes Walter Sidney. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1917)
- Knight MID. Alfred James. Lt.
- Landy Harold John. Private
- Miles Wallace Ernest Ralph. Pte. (d.27th Oct 1918)
- Phillips William Henry. Cpl. (d.3rd November 1918)
- Stallard Charles Albert. L/Cpl. (d.25th Apr 1917)
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Pte. Alfred Henry "Critch" Critchley 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment My grandfather Alfred Critchley was born in 1898, he enlisted after his 16th birthday in September 1914. He joined 9th Battalion, Gloucesters.
Before the War Act of 1916 young men could enlist at 16, the Act made it that you had to be 18 to enlist.
My grandfather died in 1976 peacefully at home in Gloucester. He worked after the war at Feilding and Platts Engineering Company in Gloucester city, retiring at 65 years old.
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Cpl. William Henry Phillips 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.3rd November 1918) Harry Phillips served with the 9th Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Private Harold John Landy 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Harold Landy was my grandfather, he served in the Salonika campaign. He died in 1957 but as I was very young cannot remember very much about him. No photos have survived of him either. He was born in 1888 in Liverpool. He married in 1922 and had one son, my father Eric. He was with 9th battalion and then joined 78th brigade of 26th division and moved to Cheltenham from Bristol. April 1915 moved to Longbridge Deverell, 21 September 1915 mobilised for war and landed in France. November 191 moved to Salinika and served at Battles of Horseshoe Hill in 1916, Battle of Doirn in 1917. 4th of July 1918 left the 26th Division returned to France on 17th of July 1918 at Serqueux and joined 198th Brigade of 66th Division. Sounds like a very brave man to me, wish I could have known him better.
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Pte. William Manfield Fairman 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment  William Fairman was born on 8th January 1898 to William Francis and Emma Jane Fairman (nee Manfield)in Kingsdown, Bristol. Known as Billy to his family and attended Stokes Croft Endowed School, Bristol. He moved with his family to Horfield, Bristol in about 1912.
Billy enlisted at Horfield Barracks on 11th December 1915 giving a false date of birth. He was assigned to the 9th Service Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. His employment prior to his enlistment was a Grocer (canteen work. His height was 5'2" with a chest measurement of 34" when expanded. Billy was at home 24 Filton Road, Horfield from 5th September 1916 to 18th January 1917 as his mother was ill. Emma dies of pneumonia in the last quarter of 1916.
From 19th January 1917 he was part of the Salonika Campaign with his battalion. He fought at the Battle of Dorian in Salonika and suffered gunshot wounds to the face and head on 24th or 25th April 1917 and spent 2 months in an army hospital. Upon his discharge from the hospital he suffered fainting attacks but never actually fainted and never felt "quite strong". He was then transferred to the 49th General Hospital in Salonika arriving on 18th August 1917 whereupon they found he had a heart problem - an aortic valve problem. One of his doctors was a Captain Tomlinson. Billy was at the 49th GH until 9th October 1917 when he was transferred to the 50th General Hospital at Kalamaria in Salonika. Finally on 27th November 1917 he was recommended for invaliding and he was sent to Valetta, Malta to await a hospital ship to transport him back to England. He apparently loved the people and Malta during his time there.
He was transferred from Malta on 21st February 1918 aboard HMHS Wandilla arriving back in England on 24th February 1918. His medical transfer certificate signed by Captain J C Scott RAMC shows Billy had VDH - vascular disease of the heart.
Billy was finally discharged unfit from the Army on 3rd May 1918. His Field Medical Card shows he served for 1 year and 242 days in the Army and was a good steady intelligent man.
The time spent during the First World War never left Billy's mind although he would very rarely talk about his experiences. He married, had a child and had a happy but short life dying of heart disease in 1949 aged 51
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Lt. Alfred James Knight MID. 9th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment Alfred Knight joined up as a boy soldier in the Grenadier Guards and was later transferred to the 1st Gloucesters, with whom he saw much foreign service. Serving 12 years in India and then in the Boer War where he was taken prisoner. Upon his return to England he was stationed in various depots and was at one time recruiting sergeant for the Gloucesters in Stroud, before retiring from the service.
On the out break of the Great War he rejoined the colours and accompanied the 9th Battalion to France, serving at a time when heavy losses were suffered. He was promoted to Warrant Officer in 1915.
Subsequently he transferred to the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry where he obtained a commission as Lieutenant and saw service in the East. Upon his return to home on the 26th January 1921, he retired from the army but continued to be associated with the Territorials of Gloucestershire.
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Pte. Wallace Ernest Ralph Miles 9th Btn. Gloucester Regiment (d.27th Oct 1918) Wallace Miles was my great uncle and we believe he was killed in the battle of Cambrai. My grandfather Albert survived the war and came home. He named his second son after Wallace.
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L/Cpl. Charles Albert Stallard 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.25th Apr 1917) Charles Albert Stallard served with the 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 25th April 1917, aged 29 in the Salonika campaign. He is remembered on the Doiran Memorial in Greece.
He was the son of Mrs. Edith Stallard, of 36, Jervis Rd., Stamshaw, Portsmouth.
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