Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K2). Formed at Bristol in September 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 991 recorded WW1 deaths for the 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
BOOTH, F. Corporal, 17249. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. 18-11-1916.
Second Name.
BUTLER, (MC). Edmund W. Major. 2nd Life Guards, Attached :- 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 18-04-1918. Age 26. Son of John P. Butler of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, Ireland.
Stone Inscription :- "R.I.P.".
Military Cross.
HAMILTON, W. Private, 39563. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Age 39. Husband of Louisa Hamilton of Braughing Street, Braughing, Ware, Hertfordshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "At Rest".
LLOYD, (MC.MiD). James. Captain. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 21-04-1918. Age 30. Son of Francis & Emma Lloyd of All Saints Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.Native of Ipswich. After being wounded in combat, this officer worked for 'M17b' a government department dedicated to writing nti-German propaganda. Stone Inscription :- "He Gave His Life That We May Live".
Military Cross.
Mentioned in Dispatches.
MORRIS, Reginald. Private, 17619. 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, Attached :- 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. MericourtL'Abbe Communal cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Son of Mrs. Marylane Craven of Villa Lane, Sanwick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "He Is Gone But Not Forgotten".
ROPER, Arthur Edward. Private, 26507. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Westhof Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 10-04-1918. Age 28. Son of the late Richard Colston Roper & Mary Ann Roper of Bristol, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out".
SYMES, F.A. Private, 26336. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. 18-11-1916. Son of Mr. F.J. Symes of Upton Road, Southville, Bristol, UK.
Also :- A Soldier of the Great War. 'Known Unto God'>
TAYLOR, S. Private, 13962. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. 30-07-1916. Age 25. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Taylor of Longsmith Street, Gloucester, UK.
THOMAS, Evan David. Lance Corporal, 15127. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 15-10-1917. Age 21. Son of Rees & Gwenilian Thomas of Penrhys Road, Ystrad, (Rhondda), Glamorgan, UK.
WATTS, Robert James. Private, 19197. 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. 26-10-1916. Age 26. Son of Francis & Elizabeth Watts of Lasborough, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK.