67611 Gnr Charles A Gidney, RHA

67611 Gunner Charles Alfred Gidney of L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of wounds on the 2nd September 1914. He was 20 years old and he is buried in Baron Cemetery in France.

Charles Gidney's medal index card notes that he arrived in France on the 15th August 1914 and that his father applied for his son's 1914 Star in November 1918. The address was The White House, Marsham, Norwich. There is an additional note that his British War Medal was "returned found" on the 21st August 1975.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

360 Gunner Herbert Charles Collingbourne, RHA

360 Gunner Herbert Charles Collingbourne, a Territorial Force soldier who had enlisted with the Warwick Royal Horse Artillery in 1913, died of wounds on the 4th January 1916.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was 23 years old when he died and was serving with the 1st Warwick Battery. He was the son of David Charles and Sarah Jane Collingbourne, of 52 St Nicholas Street, Coventry.

Herbert was born in Coventry and enlisted at Leamington. He was an early arrival overseas, his medal card recording that he landed in France on the 31st October 1914. He is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France; one of nearly 3500 identified casualties in that cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War