St Peter's Leckhampton Book of Remembrance

A tribute to the men of the parish who died on active service during the First World War


The following pages contain pen portraits of the thirty-five men with Leckhampton connections who died on active service during the First World War and whose names are listed on the Parish War Memorial in Church Road. Several of the men are buried in the churchyard or have memorials there. The positions of the relevant plots in the churchyard are shown on a plan printed at the end of this book. In addition some medal-holders have been included whose names are not listed on the Parish War Memorial.
The home addresses as recorded at the time of the men’s death have been marked on the accompanying map as accurately as possible, given that some of the addresses were vague. Most house names have been replaced by numbers, and other buildings have been demolished. Veronica Biddle helped to identify the locations.
Much of the following information has been provided by Joseph Devereux and Graham Sacker, authors of Leaving all that was Dear. Many of the photographs are also taken from that book, and these and others are acknowledged on the last page.
This project results from an idea proposed by the Reverend Paul Wilkinson. Each man will be commemorated on the centenary of his death and a candle will be lit each Sunday and on the centenary.
The work is still in progress and further pages will be added in due course.

Eric Miller November 2014

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE MEN NAMED ON THE LECKHAMPTON WAR MEMORIAL  

Click on the names in BLUE to open a pen picture. 
   
ARNOLD ALDRICH                                            Enderley, 57 Charlton Lane
ROBERT EDWARD ANGUS                                Hill House, Leckhampton Hill
PERCIVAL LOUIS BALLINGER                             Laburnum, 206(?) Old Bath Road
WILFRED VARNISH BARRETT                            Windermere, 32 Shurdington Road
LEONARD GRAHAM BENDALL                            4 Providence Place, Moorend Road
HARRY BURFORD                                              Eastwood Cottage, Leckhampton
WILLIAM HENRY CAUDLE                                  Grantham, 24 Church Road
VALENTINE FRANK CHERRINGTON                    Brookdale Cottages, Shurdington Road (?)
JAMES RICHARD CHESHIRE                               St Ives, 99 Church Road
GEORGE FREDERICK DELMAR-WILLIAMSON      8 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham
ALFRED WILLIAM GEORGE ENOCH                    Camden Cottage, Croft Street
HOWARD ALAN FARRAR                                    Highercombe, Hall Road
ARTHUR FREDERICK FORDHAM                        Tygwyn,10 Church Road
GERALD CHARLES EDWARD GLOSTER             Oak Manor, Hales Road
FREDERICK WALTER HALL                                Gritmore, Leckhampton Road
ALFRED FREDERICK VICTOR HUNT                   33, Pilley Lane
GILBERT CHARLES HUNT                                   2 Mapledene Cottages, Naunton Lane
HAROLD CYRIL LACEY                                       Carno, 35 Bath Parade
ERNEST ARTHUR LARNER                                 Tarradale, Old Bath Road
JOHN FAULKNER LEFAUX                                   Challow, Charlton Lane
ARTHUR MOORMAN                                           Templemead, 225 Old Bath Road
WILFRED ERNEST MOULDER                            6 Victoria Place, Bath Road (Victoria Retreat)
FREDERICK CHARLES MURPHY                         2 Pilley Cottages, Pilley Lane
ALBERT OSCAR PRITCHETT                              St Hilda, 3 Church Road
MAURICE DESMOND QUILL                               Craigleith House, Moorend Park Road
FREDERICK WALTER REILLY                             4 Moorend Terrace, Croft Street
THOMAS CHARLES RICHINGS                            (not known)
AUGUSTUS GILES SIDDALL                                1, Southfield Villas, Old Bath Road
JOSEPH MIDDLETON STAINES                            Ferncroft, 97 Church Road
ARTHUR RAYMOND SUMMERS                           1 Pilley Cottages, Pilley Lane
HAROLD GEORGE SUMMERS                             1 Pilley Cottages, Pilley Lane
ERNEST JOHN THOMPSON                                 The School House, Hall Road
SYDNEY BARNARD THOMPSON                         The School House, Hall Road
CHARLES ALBERT JOHN WARD                         33 Leckhampton Road
CHARLES GORDON WINSTONE                         Ewlyn, 46 Leckhampton Road
REGINALD ANTHONY LYON                                73 Naunton Crescent

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST
MEN WITH LECKHAMPTON CONNECTIONS BUT NOT NAMED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL

JAMES FERRARD DEARDEN, DSO, MC             Langton House, Bath Road.  Buried in Leckhampton Churchyard
DOUGLAS REYNOLDS, VC                                Thorncliff, Lansdown Road.  Buried in Leckhampton Churchyard
ANKETELL MOUTRAY READ, VC                        Born at Beaumont House, Shurdington Road