CHAPTER HOUSE, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL. BRONZE MEMORIAL PANELS - by: Moranthorse1

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.