Find A Grave - Gloucestershire

Chatterton, Thomas [cenotaph] b. November 20, 1752 d. August 23, 1770
Poet. Famous for creating one of the 18th Century's most notorious literary hoaxes. He was the son of a church choirmaster who died three months before Thomas was born, and he grew up in poverty. At the age of eight he was sent to the school founded by Edward Colston, which was a charitable institution that took in poor boys. He began writing poetry and his love of literature continued after he left school at the age of 14, and started work at a local company copying legal documents. Through...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
St Mary Redcliffe Churchyard, Redcliffe, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: * Possible Cenotaph
Colston, Edward b. November 2, 1636 d. October 11, 1721
Philanthropist, merchant, Member of Parliament. The eldest of eleven children in the family of a merchant and sheriff. He traded successfully in the West Indies, which at the time was the richest part of the growing English Empire. In 1680, he became a member of the Royal African Company, which had held the monopoly in Britain on gold, ivory and slave trading. He became a benefactor of Bristol, building almshouses in King Street and on St. Michaels Hill, endowing Queen Elizabeth's Hospital...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: *Memorial north transept, north wall
Curthose, Robert b. 1050 d. February 3, 1134
French nobility. Eldest son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, he succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy, his second brother, William II, ruling in England. Conflict with his brothers eventually lost him Normandy and after his capture by Henry I, his...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Daunt, John Charles Campbell b. November 8, 1832 d. April 15, 1886
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as Colonel of the 11th Bengal Infantry. He was awarded his Medal for service during the Indian Mutiny on October 2, 1857.
Redland Parish Churchyard, Redland, Gloucestershire, England
Davies, H. Walford b. September 6, 1869 d. March 11, 1941
Composer. A native of Oswestry, Shropshire, England, he is best remembered for his 1918 work, "Royal Air Force March Past." Born Henry Walford Davies, he began his career as an organist at the famed Temple Church in London, England. He also served as a musical director at the University of Wales, and was a popularizer of classical music for BBC radio for sometime. In 1934, he was named as the Master of the King's Music in Great Britain, and served there until his death. His many honours include...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Davies, William Henry b. July 3, 1871 d. September 26, 1940
Author. Welsh poet who became famous for spending his life as a tramp in the United States. A son of an iron-molder who died when he was two years old, his mother remarried and had little time for her three children, who were left to themselves. Davies became a member of a shoplifting gang and left school early. He tried a few jobs but soon moved to London, then Bristol, and eventually to the USA in 1893. For some years he was working and begging his way across North America, occasionally...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: cremation ashes garden 1
Davis, Gronow b. May 16, 1828 d. October 18, 1891
Crimean War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. On September 8, 1855, at Sebastopol Captain Davis commanded the spiking party in the attack on the Redan. During this action, he saved the life of an officer in the 39th Regiment by jumping over the parapet of a sap and going across the open, under murderous fire to help carry the wounded man to cover. He also carried several other wounded soldiers to safety. For gallantry in the face of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Arnos Vale Cemetery, Arnos Vale, Gloucestershire, England
Dinwiddie, Robert b. 1692 d. July 27, 1770
British Colonial Administrator and Lieutenant Governor of Colonial Virginia. His actions while serving as the lieutenant governor are generally cited as a direct cause for instigating the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. He was born in 1692 (some sources say he was born in 1690; others say 1693) near Glasgow, Scotland, where his father was a successful merchant. He received his formal education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and initially pursued an accounting...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
St Andrews Church, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: Interred in the church chancel vault.
Dix, William Chatterton b. May 14, 1837 d. September 9, 1898
Author. A noted writer of English hymns and carols. Born in Bristol in the family of a surgeon, who wrote a biography of poet Thomas Chatterton, and gave his son his middle name in his honor. Young William attended the Bristol Grammar School for a commercial career. After school he became the manager of a marine insurance company in Glasgow, a vocation which he followed to the end of his life. When he got ill, he turned to writing a poetry of worship. He wrote more than 40 hymns over the...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: *Memorial
Dowling, Lieut. Eric Perry 'Digger' b. July 22, 1915 d. July 21, 2008
British Royal Air Force Officer. He was nicknamed "Digger" for helping to construct numerous tunnels while a Prisoner of War in Germany, during World War II. One of his tunnels was used in the breakout from Stalag Luft III, near Sagan, Germany, that became known as "The Great Escape," made famous by the 1963 movie of the same name. Born in Glastonbury, in Southwest England, he joined the Royal Air Force when war was declared in 1939, and was trained as a navigator for the RAF Bomber Command...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Canford Cemetery and Crematorium, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England
Duberly, Frances Isabella b. September 27, 1829 d. November 19, 1902
Writer. Born in Wiltshire, England. The wife of a British Army officer, she kept a journal of her experiences in the Crimean War, including the Battle of Balaklava and the charge of the Light Brigade. It was published to great acclaim in 1856. A second book followed a few years later, giving her account of the suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny. (Bio by: wolfshead)
St Peter Churchyard, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Dugdale, Frederic Brooks b. October 21, 1877 d. November 13, 1902
Boer War Victoria Cross War Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant, 15th Lancers, Royal Irish. He was awarded his medal for service during the Boer War on March 3, 1901. He died while riding with the North Cotswold Hound's on November 13, 1902.
St James Churchyard, Longborough, Gloucestershire, England
Duke of Clarence, George b. October 21, 1449 d. February 18, 1478
British royalty. Born in Dublin the third son of Richard, Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. George was created Duke of Clarence in 1461. After his brother Edward attained the throne, the king placed his two younger brothers, George, Duke of Clarence and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in the household of his cousin the Earl of Warwick for tutoring and training. In 1469, George married Isabel Neville, elder daughter of the Earl of Warwick. George had actively supported his elder brother's claim to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Edward of Westminster b. October 13, 1453 d. May 4, 1471
British Royalty. Born at the Palace of Westminster, he was the only child of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. At birth he became heir apparent and the Duke of Cornwall. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester March 15, 1454; and was invested at Windsor June 9, 1454. Unfortunately, his father, the King, was captured by opposition forces in 1460 and they forced him to acknowledge Richard, Duke of York as heir to the throne, effectively signing away his son's birthright. The queen and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Fanthorpe, Ursula Askham b. July 22, 1929 d. April 28, 2009
English Poet. After a career as a professor, she worked as a receptionist on a psychiatric unit, where she used her experiences to begin, at close to 50, a second career as a distinguished poet. Born Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, she was raised in Kent, the daughter of a Quaker judge. After education at St. Anne's College, Oxford, she taught English for 16 years at Cheltenham Ladies' College. Tired of academic life, she worked as a secretary, then took the job at a Bristol hospital that was to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England
Fargus, Frederick John [memorial] b. December 26, 1847 d. May 15, 1885
English poet and novelist. He was born in Bristol, England, where his father was an auctioneer. Dreaming to become a sailor, he managed to persuade his parents to allow him to join the school frigate "Conway," however his father insisted that he abandon his hopes to enter the Royal Navy. Returning to Bristol, he wrote a burlesque called "Jason" or "the Golden Fleece" which produced a good impression, and he received commissions while continuing to earn his living working as an accountant until...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: North transept, East wall
Flecker, James Elroy b. November 5, 1884 d. January 3, 1915
Poet, Author. His first published work was a book of verse, "The Bridge of Fire." In 1913, he published "The Golden Journey to Samarkand," the poem for which he is best remembered. His epitaph, "O Lord, restore his realm to the dreamer" is taken from one of his poems. (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Plot: W20306
Fleming, Ian b. May 28, 1908 d. August 12, 1964
English Author. He is best remembered for creating the character of British agent 007, better known as James Bond. Born in London in 1908, Fleming was the second son of four boys to Valentine and Evelyn Beatrice St. Croix Rose Fleming, wealthy members of British aristocracy and a Member of Parliament. When his father was killed in France during World War I, on November 20, 1917, future Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote the obituary for the London Times. Ian was educated at Durnford...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
St Andrew Churchyard, Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Foley, Winifred b. July 25, 1914 d. March 21, 2009
English Author. She was a housewife who took-up writing in her 60s, and produced three best sellers about her poverty-stricken childhood in the Forest of Dean. Raised in Gloustershire, she had no advantages, and little education. At 14, she left to work as a domestic servant in London, but soon returned to the Forest, disillusioned by the upper-class men who tried to take advantage of an attractive girl. In the 1930s, she met her future husband Syd (deceased 1998), and settled in Huntley...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Forbes-Robertson, James b. July 7, 1884 d. August 5, 1955
World War I Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as a Brigadier-General, Commander 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment. He was awarded his medal for service at France on April 11-12, 1918. (Bio by: K)
Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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