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CHAPTER HOUSE,
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL,
12 COLLEGE GREEN,
GLOUCESTER,
GL1 2LX.



Gloucester Cathedral is located near to the city centre with ample parking nearby.



It really is a spectacular building set within the College Green, the interior architecture will not fail to impress the visitor to this 11th Century house of worship, and neither will the numerous memorials and tombs to be found therein.

And now back to our search for the bronze Boer War memorial panels. I could not find them in the main public areas, so made enquiries with the cathedral volunteers who were only too happy to help me in my quest.
The memorial panels are located beneath the east window in Chapter House. This area is not accessible to the public and is used for conference and as an educational room for children's events. Without the permission of the volunteers I would have been unable to access the Chapter House and consequently unable to photograph and catalogue the memorial. It really does pay not to be shy and ask!


The east window, Chapter House, bronze panels below.

Below the east window are fourteen panels set into pillared masonry frameworks. There is also a more recently added fifteenth bronze panel in the same style on the returning wall to the right. Next to this an index of the names on the panels within a glass fronted wooden case.

The inscription on all of the panels is in a highly stylised, attractive font. This does make some of the initials a tad tricky to read. But with the aid of the index, the visitor can get easily by.

Running across the tops of the fourteen panels is a continuous script as follows:
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, THE COUNTY REGIMENT WHO FELL IN THE WAR IN S.AFRICA 1899-1902"

To post images of each panel and the names and regiments inscripted on each panel, I will deal with them three panels at a time, numbering them 1 through to 15 from left to right. It is my hope that this will make the reader's referencing from my writing to my images 'user friendly.'


Panels; 1,2,3 from the left.

PANEL1
1st. LIFE GUARDS.
Pte. W. HUMPHRIES.
2nd. LIFE GUARDS.
Pte.. F. Geeks.
ROYAL SCOTS GREYS.
Maj. Francis. H. F. Hawley.
Lieut. John Fairfax Rhodes.
Pte. D. Dow.
Pte. J. Pegler.
4th. HUSSARS.
Cpl. W. W. Harris.
5th. LANCERS.
Pte. H. Andrews.
9th. LANCERS.
Lieut. Stanley R. Theobald.
10th. HUSSARS.
Lce. Cpl. W. E. Thompson.
12th. LANCERS.
Pte. F. Barker.
13th. HUSSARS.
Pte. R. Brown.
Pte. E. Mills.
14th. HUSSARS.
Lce. Cpl. W. E. Matthews.
17th. LANCERS.
Cpl. W. S. Nichols.
18th. HUSSARS.
Cpl. G. H. Kidd.
Pte. S. Leonard.
19th. HUSSARS.
Lce. Cpl. G. F. Cole.
Pte. J. Davis.
Pte. F. King.
Pte. B. Rogers.

PANEL 2.
IMPERIAL YEOMANRY.
3rd. Co. Gloucestershire.
Lt. J. Cavendish Browne.
Sgt. J. Reeve.
Cpl. A. W. James.
Pte. C. Aston.
Pte. H. Brookes.
Pte. B. Hadley.
Pte. A. G. Harris.
Pte. P. G. Harris.
Pte. E. Hope.
Pte. C. H. Lane.
Pte. E. C. Neale.
Pte. A. Spence.
Pte. A. E. Stockwell.
Pte. D. Thomas.
Pte. A. M. C. White.
Pte. W. Williams.
18th Battalion.
Lt. Col. Crosbie Barton.
late P.W.O. York's Reg.
4th,26th,28th,38th,48th,
71st, 75th and 79th Cos.
Sgt. Maj. W. H. Gardner.
Cpl. W. J. Cugley.
Lce. Cpl. A. Dash.
Lce. Cpl. F. C. Logan.
Lce. Cpl. W. Tennent.
Pte. F. Gardner.
Pte. C. A. W. Hamilton.
Pte. H. Jones.
Pte. F. Lugg.
Pte. H. Makings.
Pte. A. Sharp.

PANEL 3.
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY.
Dr. W. Cornish.
Dr. A. Cull.
Dr. S. G. Hull.
Gr. A. Ind.
Gr. R. Taylor.
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY.
B.S.M. F. A. Palmer.
Sgt. G. Lane.
Sgt. W. Wood.
Bomber. A. W. Tomlin's.
Bomber. J. Gurner.
Cpl. A. J. Ferris.
Actg. Bomber. H. Bosdet.
Actg. Bomber. A. Cuff.
Actg. Bomber. H. Gandy.
Dr. E. H. Osborne.
Dr. J. Postill.
Dr. F. Sims.
Dr. T. Townsend.
Dr. T. Turk.
Gr. J. Barnet.
Gr. A. Blackmore.
Gr. R. E. Driver.
Gr. J. Fowler.
Gr. A. Gibbons
Gr. E. C. Morris.
Gr. E. White.
S S. T. J. Andrews.
S. S. F. Jeffries.
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
Lieut. Rob. Evelyn Meyricke.
Lce. Cpl. E. L. Himphries.
Dr. G. H. Arthur.
Dr. W. Richens.
Spr. G. W. Cambray.
Spr. H. Chandler.



Panels 4,5,6.


PANEL 4

R.E.
Spr. J. H. Hill.
Spr. E. Morgan.
Spr. W. Panting.
R. MON Mo LIGHT ENGRS. MIL. (I believe Royal Monmouthshire Light Engineers?).
Cpl. G.W. Gartin.
Spr. W. Baldwin.
GLIS. R.E. VOLS
Lce. Cpl. W. Browning.
GRENADIER GUARDS.
Sgt. W. Dipper.
Sgt. T. Tudor.
Sgt. W. Vickery.
Lce. Cpl. W. Cater.
Lce. Cpl. G. Wakefield.
Pte. G. D. Belcher.
Pte. R. Dudbridge.
Pte. H. Fisher.
Pte. W. Fitzgerald.
Pte. G. H. Fudge.
Pte. J. Griffiths.
Pte. G. Hawker.
Pte. E. T. Hewer.
Pte. F. J. James.
Pte. E. Mansfield.
Pte. E. A. McNiell.
Pte. J. Metcalf.
Pte. S. Miles.
Pte. G. Simms.
Pte. C. S. Stanley.
Pte. G. Stevens.
Pte. F. J. Turner.
COLDSTREAM GUARDS.
Col. Sergt. R. Clifford.
Pte. E. C. Holbrow.
SCOTS GUARDS.
Sgt. C. H. A. Relief.

PANEL 5.

SCOTS GUARDS
Cpl. R. J. Crawshaw.
ROYAL SCOTS
Lieut. Robert Drysdale.
THE KINGS OWN.
Lieut. R. H. Cortauld Cole.
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
Capt. We'd. Boaz Eager.
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT.
Pte. A. W. Baker.
Pte. A. Edmonds.
Pte. W. H. Franklin.
DEVONSHIRE REGT
Cpl. G. Hatfield.
SOMERSET L.I.
Pte. H. Cole's.
Pte. G. Crocker.
Pte. J. Foley.
Pte. H. Ford.
Pte. R. Fowler.
Pte. B. Fry.
Pte. S. Honeywell.
Pte. W. Hooper.
Pte. W. Locke.
Pte. W. Pembury.
Pte. E. W. Rimell.
Pte. C. Shawford.
Pte.T. Thorne.
EAST YORKS REGT.
Pte. W. J. Turner.
R. SCOTS FUSRS.
Sgt. W. R. Farmer.
ROYAL WELSH FUSRS.
Pte. W. Saunders.
SOUTH WALES BORDERERS.
Lce. Cpl. F. CYPHUS.
Pte. E. Davis.
Pte . C. Evans.
Pte. F. Jones.

PANEL 6.
S. WALES BORDS.
Pte. G. Roberts.
Pte. A. F. SELWOOD.
Pte. T. Tunnadine.
1st and 2nd. B. GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT.
Col. E. P. Wilford.
Capt. Charles S. Knox
Lieut. G. Harold Matthews.
2nd. Lieut. W. M. N. Noel.
Sgt. Maj. B. Gray.
Col. Sgt. W. H. Channing.
Col. Sgt. D. Dennis.
Col. Sgt. C. J. Pittaway.
Sgt. M. Agg.
Sgt. J. W. Banks.
Sgt. T. W. Bucknell.
Sgt. J. Herbert.
Sgt. A. Leedon.
Sgt. W. Parks.
Sgt. A. G. Young.
Cpl J. Condon.
Cpl. A. H. Jeffrey.
Cpl. C. H. Oxenham.
Cpl. E. H. Pollard.
Cpl. E. J. Ruck.
Cpl. A. Cole's
Cpl. E. T. Tanshill.
Cpl. A. G. Thomas.
Cpl. A. E. Vizard.
Cpl. A. G. Thomas.
Cpl. W. White
Lce. Cpl. T. Bradley.
Lce. Cpl. A. Browning.
Lce. Cpl. E. Carr.
Lce. Cpl. O. Edmonds.
Lce. Cpl. F. J. Part.
Lce. Cpl. W. Fido.
Lce. Cpl. T. Green.
Lce. Cpl. J. Griffin.
Lce. Cpl. W. Leighton.


Panels 7,8,9.

PANEL 7.
Lce. Cpl. A. Murphy.
Lce. Cpl. C. W. Parkins.
Lce. Cpl. A. J. Pigeon.
Lce. Cpl. E. Robinson.
Lce. Cpl. Stainer
Lce. Cpl. G. F. Walton.
Pte. W. Acoll.
Pte. W. Amblin.
Pte. C. Aston.
Pte. J. Averiss.
Pte. R. Badman.
Pte. W. Bailey.
Pte. W. Baker.
Pte. F. Baldwin.
Pte. W. Ball
Pte. G. Balls.
Pte. H. Banting.
Pte. C. Bassett.
Pte. G. Barnes.
Pte. A. Bayliss.
Pte. F. Barnes.
Pte. W. J. Bond.
Pte. H. Browne.
Pte. G. Bryant.
Pte. J. J. Burnett.
Pte. R. Burns.
Pte. W. Butler.
Pte. C. Bygrave.
Pte. A. Callance.
Pte. H. C. Cord.
Pte. G. Carter.
Pte. G. Caville.
Pte. W. Chappell.
Pte. J. Chorley. Pte. G. Clapham.
Pte. W. Clarke.
Pte. T. Cox.
Pte. W. Cole.
Pte. A. Cannock.

PANEL 8.
Pte. H. Cook.
Pte. W. Court.
Pte. H. Court.
Pte. W. Cousins
Pte. F. Couzens.
Pte. C. Coward.
Pte. R. Cox.
Pte. H. Cratchley.
Pte. H. Crocker.
Pte. J. Davis. Pte. W. Davis.
Pte. W. Davis.
Pte. R. Daws.
Pte. A. Dean.
Pte. W. Dean.
Pte. C. Dockwell.
Pte. W. G. Fowler
Pte. F. Drew.
Pte. W. Drew.
Pte. H. Dunn.
Pte. H. Edmonds.
Pte. M. Edwards.
Pte. B. Edwards.
Pte. W. Emery.
Pte. S. Emery.
Pte. S. Eva.
Pte. J. Farmiloe.
Pte. J. F. Farmiloe.
Pte. G. H. Flook.
Pte. G. H. Ford.
Pte. E. G. Ford.
Pte. A. E. Ford.
Pte. H. Fowler.
Pte. W. Fox.
Pte. W. G. Gabb.
Pte. G. Garland.
Pte. F. Garraway.
Pte. J. Giles.
Pte. W. Gillett.

PANEL 9.
Pte. J. Gillett.
Pte. J. Gibbons.
Pte. H. Gore.
Pte. W. Grainger.
Pte. W. Gregory.
Pte. G. Gurse.
Pte. H. Hall.
Pte. W. Halliday.
Pte. E. J. Halliday.
Pte. W. T. Harvey.
Pte. C. Haslam.
Pte. F. Hawkins.
Pte. H. Hawkins.
Pte. J. Hayes.
Pte. J. Hemmings.
Pte. W. Hill.
Pte. F. J. Hill
Pte. L. J. Hockey.
Pte. S. Hole.
Pte. C. H. Hoddet.
Pte. J. Hodson.
Dr. J. Horner.
Pte. C. James.
Pte. A. Jenkins.
Pte. F. Jeynes.
Pte. W. Jeynes.
Pte. A. Jolly.
Pte. E. Jones.
Pte. J. Jordan.
Pte. A. King.
Pte. H. King.
Pte. J. Kitchener.
Pte. C. Lusty.
Pte. E. Lafford.
Pte. F. Lancaster
Pte. W. Lea.
Pte. G. L. Coward.
Pte. G. Lewis.
Pte. G. Lister.


Panels 10/11/12.

PANEL 10.
Pte. W. Love.
Pte. J. Mackey.
Pte. H. G. McLennon.
Pte. F. Martin.
Pte. F. R. Marshall.
Pte. H. E. Martin.
Pte. W. Matty.
Pte. F. Malinder.
Pte. C. Miles.
Pte. W. J. Miles.
Pte. R. J. Milstead.
Pte. W. R. Mott.
Dr. W. Miles.
Pte. C. Naish
Pte. J. Neimes.
Pte. F. A. Newham.
Pte. F. Newman.
Pte. W. M. Nicholls.
Pte. F. Norman.
Pte. R. Oakley.
Pte. B. Offer.
Pte. F. Offer.
Pte. D. O'Ryan.
Pte. H. Obierne.
Pte. W. Owen.
Pte. G. Paget.
Pte. J. Parker.
Pte. G. Pearce.
Pte. C. Penney.
Pte. F. Phelps.
Pte. J. Pickett.
Pte. B. Pile.
Pte C. Powell.
Pte. R. Quick.
Pte. J. C. Ralph.
Pte. J. Reardon.
Pte. E. M. Reed.
Pte. T. Regan.
Pte. S. Richer.
Pte. W. Rivers.

PANEL 11.
Pte. E. Rowland.
Pte. T. Ridge.
Pte. T. Rush.
Pte. W. E. Russell.
Pte. H. J. Salcombe.
Pte. E. Sallis.
Pte. W. Sandall.
Pte. A. Savery.
Pte. J. Selby.
Pte. J. H. Shelley.
Pte. W. E. Sims.
Pte. C. Smith.
Pte. H. Smith.
Pte. F. Smith.
Pte. F. Smith.
Pte. E. Smith.
Pte. D. Smith.
Pte. H. Spires.
Pte. A. Spratt.
Pte. G. Squires.
Pte. F. A. Stephens.
Pte. A. Stephens.
Pte. J. W. Stone.
Pte. J. Strong.
Pte. W. Sullivan.
Pte. H. Tanner.
Pte. H. Thomas.
Pte. J. Cook.
Pte. W. Tracey.
Pte. W. Troman.
Pte. T. Tritt.
Pte. W. Turner.
Pte. G. Turner.
Pte. J. J. Waite.
Pte. C. Welding.
Pte T. Warne.
Pte. A. R. Warner.
Pte. T. H. West.
Pte. W. Whatley
Pte. G. Wheeler.
Pte. C. White.

PANEL 12.
Pte. W. Wilcox.
Pte. T. C. Wilkes.
Pte. T. Williams.
Pte. T. Williams.
Pte. T. Williams.
Pte. A. Williams.
Pte. A. Williams.
Pte. E. Willis.
Pte. C. Wintle.
Pte. G. Woodman.
4TH BTN. Sgt. Dr. W. G. Somers.
Pte. J. Tibbles.
Pte. G. Woodman.
1ST VOL. BTN. Pte. T. H. Davis.
Pte. W. G. Harvey.
Pte. F. Took.
2ND VOL. BTN. Pte. R. W. Bishop.
Pte. W. E. Harris.
Pte. T. Maisey.
Pte. W. Smith.
WORCESTER REGT.
Lce. Cpl. T. Vick.
DUKE OF CORNWALL'S L.I.

Sgt. T. James.
Cpl.
E. H. Dawes.
Lce. Cpl. W. Morris.
Pte. H. Cleeve.
Pte. J. Cottrell.
Pte. E. A. Francis.
Pte. E. Harris.
Pte. J. Hewins.
Pte W. Leonard.
Pte E. J. Webber.
S. STAFFORDSHIRE REGT.
Pte. W. Curtis
DORSET REGT.
Pte. W. F. Carpenter.
WELSH REGT.
Pte. G. Buck.
Pte. C. Bisley.
Pte. H. J. Chandler.
Pte. J. CLUTTERBUCK


Panels 13 & 14.

PANEL 13.
WELSH REGT.
Pte. G. Hurst.
Pte. C. J. Hurley.
Pte. W. F. Kidman.
Pte.G. H. Stone.
Pte. G. Williams.
OXFORDSHIRE L.I.
Lieut. A. Rowland Bright.
DERBYSHIRE REGT.
Lieut. We'd. Gronow Howell.
BERKSHIRE REGT.
Cpl. T. D. Gillett.
K. SHROPSHIRE L.I.
Lce. Cpl. G. L. Gulley.
Pte. W. J. James.
KINGS RL. RIFLE CORPS.
Lce. Cpl. A. Busson.
Pte. A. Benfield.
Pte. W. Hathaway.
Pte. W. C. Pitman.
WILTSHIRE REGT.
Sgt. F. J. Ellerington.
Pte. F. Eastman.
Pte. A. Harding.
GORDON HIGHRS.
Col. Sgt. W. J. B. Walsh.
R. DUBLIN FUSRS.
2nd. Lieut. J. Gracton Dennis.
RIFLE BRIGADE
Lce. Cpl. S. Love more.
Pte. J. Games.
Pte. J. Jones.
Pte. C. Knight.
Pte. J. Lawrence.
Pte. L. W. Palmer.
Pte. J. Park.
ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Cpl. A. Vowles

PANEL 14.
A.S.C.
Dr. R. Bracknell.
Dr. T. Cotter.
Gr. Partridge.
Pte. A. S Dainton.
Pte. J. Webb.
R.A.M.C.
Lieut. Guy Herle Irvine.
Sgt. Maj. W. H. Wainan.
St. Sgt. J. Wilmette.
Cpl. A. W. Miles
Pte. J. Farewell
Pte. O. M. Haynes.
Pte. W. Hewlett.
Pte. E. A. Lewis.
Pte F. J. Wright.
I.Y. HOSPITAL.
Sgt. T. R. Walker.
BORDER MTD. RIFLES.
TROOPER. S. Brown.
2nd CANADIAN M.T.
TROOPER. O. J. Weaver.
COLONIAL SCOUTS.
W. M. Sgt. C. Strachan.
S.A. CONSTABULARY.
TROOPER. F. Hinder.
TROOPER. W. G. Smith
S.A DISG. MTD. TROOPS.
TROOPER. J. Betty's.
SPEL. CAPE POLICE.
Cpl. H. Davis.
STRATHCONAD HORSE.
TROOPER. F. Norris.
A.O.C.
Lce. Cpl. Caple.
POSTAL CORPS.
H. J. Saunders.
R. MARINE L.I.
Pte. A. J. Brown.


Panel 15 and index cabinet to the right.

PANEL 15.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGT.
Pte. H. G. Daykin.
Pte. E. Dunn.
Pte. C. Garner.
Pte. J. W. Turner.
Pte. S. Venn.
Pte. A. G. Vines.
R. BERKSHIRE REGT.
Pte. F. Chester.
KIMBERLEY MTD. RIFLES.
Lieut. Percy James Vaughan DREW
48th COMP. I.Y.
Pte. W. R. Lewton.
R.G.A.
Sgt. C. Cox.
NATAL MTD. POLICE.
Sgt. Wm. Cecil Stone.

Thanks for posting. 5 men whose QSAs I have are on the memorial.

4853 Pte. H.C. Andrews, 5th Lancers - DOW Ladysmith 23/1/1900 of wounds received at Wagon Hill 6/1/1900. (Clasps Elands/DoL).
2322 Sgt. W. Parks, Gloucester Regt. - Killed Ladysmith 16/10/1899 when a pistol being cleaned by an officer's servant two tents away accidentally discharged. He was the regimental band sergeant and the Gloucesters' first casualty of the war. (Clasp Natal).
5192 Cpl. C. Stainer, Gloucester Regt. - DOW Ladysmith 24/12/1899. On 22/12/1899 a Boer shell hit the Gloucesters' camp killing 8 and wounding 9. (Clasp DoL).
4096 Pte. H. Fowler, Gloucester Regt. - Taken POW Nicholson's Nek 30/10/1899 and died probably of disease Waterval POW camp 14/5/1900. (Clasp Natal).
4260 Cpl. W Sullivan, Gloucester Regt. - KIA Nicholson's Nek 30/10/1899. (Clasp Natal).

David

Starting at the bottom and working up - Lieutenant Percy James Vaughan Drew - The Graphic 13 October 1900:



This could take a long time!

Panel 14 - Lieutenant Guy Herle Irvine

Steve - the ornate lettering has led you astray as he was Guy Harle Irvine. Harle being his mother's maiden name. Guy along with his siblings was born in India.

Here is the report of his death in the Yorkshire Evening Post of 3 April 1900



Subsequent editions, of this and other papers, report that they had mis-reported and Lt F S Irvine was Lt G H Irvine and that he died at Sanna's Post.

Was there a WW1 Memorial with names? If so, it should bear the name of Guy's younger brother, Captain Paget George Irvine of 6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment who was killed in France in November 1915. The CWGC record gives the following additional info " Son of the late Surgeon-Maj. George Nicol Irvine, A.M.D. and Mrs. Mary Irvine." which explains the births in India.

Two for the price of one from the Gloucestershire Echo of 3 May 1900



Needless to say we learn more about the officer than the OR.

J Tracton Dennis appears on panel 13 - the ornate lettering has understandably led you astray again. Here is his probate record which agrees with the article:



He was born on 7 Feb 1878 at Drunlechney, Carlow, Ireland but by the 1881 Census the family had moved to Cheltenham. The 1881 & 1891 Census returns show his father (Robert and born in India) was a retired military officer living off his investments.

Pte A King appears on Panel 9.

Davidh- you have a nice selection of casualty medals there in your collection. Thank you for posting details.

David (Smethwick)-this would certainly be a long term project with 476 (by my count) names on these panels. I've been on the Birmingham memorial on and off for over two years and nowhere near the end!
The Glostermen certainly had more than their fair share of casualties during the conflict.
I also feel the pain of the folk that transcribed the original medal rolls to impress the rims of all those 500,000 or so QSAs. Owing to much copperplate and stylised handwriting it is easy to see how so many errors with initials, numbers and surnames were made during the process!
Having said that, the panels in Chapter House are a beautiful piece of work!