The 1881 Census
gives us this:
Dwelling: High St
Census Place: Wickwar, Gloucester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341606 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2512 Folio 10 Page 13
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
George LOVELL M 39 M Wickwar, Gloucester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Stone Mason
Elizabeth LOVELL M 23 F Charfield, Gloucester, England
Rel: Wife
George D. LOVELL 3 M Wickwar, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
John W. LOVELL 2 M Wickwar, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Martha LOVELL U 32 F Wickwar, Gloucester, England
Rel: Sister
Occ: Laundress
The Commonwealth War Graves
Commission gives us this:
In Memory of
GEORGE DANIEL LOVELL
Private
16201
1st Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment
who died on
Saturday, 20th April 1918. Age 40.
| Additional Information: |
Husband of Lily Lovell, of The Buthay,
Wickwar, Glos. |
Commemorative Information
| Cemetery: |
GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France |
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
VI. D. 17.
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| Location: |
Gorre is a hamlet 2.5 kilometres east of
Beuvry. Leave Beuvry on the D72, crossing the railway and then the Canal
d'Aire on the way. The Cemetery is 150 metres from the church in Gorre,
to the left of the D72.
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| Historical Information: |
The Chateau was occupied early in the War by
British and Indian troops; and the Cemeteries, in the South-East corner
of the Chateau grounds, were begun in the autumn of 1914. The Indian
Cemetery was closed in October, 1915, with the transfer of the Indian
Corps to the East. The British Cemetery was used by units holding the
sector until April, 1918, when, in the Battles of the Lys, Gorre became
a support post close behind the front line. The ground was never taken
by the enemy. The 55th (West Lancashire) Division, which held this front
before and during the German attack, buried many of their dead in Plots
V and VI. There are now over 900, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in
this site. Of these, in the British section, nearly 20 are unidentified
and, four destroyed by shell fire, are represented by special memorials.
Twenty-six were brought in after the Armistice, from isolated positions
East and North-East of Gorre. In the Indian section, nearly 20 are
unidentified. Ten were reburied in the cemetery, after the Armistice,
from Mesplaux Farm, near Locon, and four from other places. The cemetery
covers an area of 6,334 square metres and is partly enclosed by a low
rubble wall. |
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