In Remembrance

We are saddened to inform you that Ray Deacon died on 3rd March 2024. More details will be published when known. Ray was a very much liked character in the Regt and attended most military events up to his passing.

It is with heavy heart that we have to report the passing of Roy Watkins 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment.

No More Parades: It is our sad duty to inform the passing of Korean Veteran 22378510 Pte Eric Le Feuvre, of the 1st Battalion of The Gloucestershire Regiment.

From Mick Campbell

Snake Aspinwall passed away on Tuesday 2 January after a fall my condolences to his family,

From Len Keeling, really sad news.
It is my sad duty to inform you that Roy Watkins’s passed away today. Peacefully in his garden chair at home.

It is our sad duty to inform you that Dave Nicholson passed away on 9th January 2024

We have just received the sad news that Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Jim Shaw died on 9 January peacefully at home. In the words of his widow Catherine “I am happy that his suffering is over but of course sad too. It has been a long year; he fought a good fight but sadly lost his battle. We managed to have a few weeks of near normality before he became very ill”.

It is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of 23674804 Pte Mike Marfel who died on Saturday 6 th January 2024.

No More Parades/Service Notice: It is my sad duty to inform the passing of 23081423 Pte George Henry Martin, of the 1st Battalion of The Gloucestershire Regiment.

From Rod Gurney

It is with much sadness that I report the passing of 24114578 Cpl Roger Danter, formerly 1 Glosters, on 12 December 2023 at Gloucester Royal Hospital after a long illness.

No More Parades. It is my sad duty to inform the passing of Tony Taylor of the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment. Tony sadly passed away on Wednesday night at the Manor Park Clinic, Weston Super Mare after battling severe Dementia for the last couple of years.

It is with much sadness that I have to report the death of 23298360 Royston Alexandra Hodges, who served in the 1st Bn Glosters for 3 years and then spent over 12 years with the 5 th Bn. He also had a long career as a para medic until his retirement.

No More Parades. It is my sad duty to inform the passing of Brian Wright, former RSM, Officer and Gentleman of the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment. Brian sadly passed away on Tuesday 14th November 2023, at his home in Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon.

No More Parades/Service Notice. It is my sad duty to inform the passing of 24742664 Private Allan David Nelson-Case, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment. Allan sadly passed away in Southmead Hospital, Bristol on the 8th of October 2023 aged 56 years. He is survived by his wife Fay Nelson-Case and the family dog “Tinker”.

No More Parades. It is my sad duty to inform the passing of 24020322 Martin Welsman, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment, who died on the 16th of September 2023 aged 76.

It is my sad duty to inform the passing of the Rev John Morley-Bunker, who died at the age of 95 on 9th September 2023.

Guys it is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of Tony Day (53yrs old)
Tony died of a meningitis related illness and will be cremated on Tuesday 20th June at 11:00hrs in the Coney Hill crematorium Gloucester

No More Parades. It is my sad duty to inform the passing of Ex Regimental Padre the Reverend Brian Sherrington on Sunday, 5 June 2023,

No more parades - Reported by Michael Heavens (Glosters) It is with real sadness and sorrow that I have to tell you of the death last night of Tony "Kid" Harding. He had been fighting COPD and lately Emphysema.

It is my sad duty to inform you that Ray Chivers passed away peacefully at John Willis House, Jessop Cresent, Westbury On Trym, on Saturday 11th March 2023 - two months shy of his 90th birthday. Ray's family were with him when he passed.