Thanks to Paul Close for kicking off another quick foray into the depths of Gloucestershire with a tree branching from there. Unfortunately it fizzles out in Stroud in 1797, so if anyone has a handy set of registers for that…
Sydney Alexander Close (1890) was born in Nottinghamshire, England, the son of John Close and Eliza Hubbard. He was drafted into the Sherwood Foresters in 1915 but discharged as being medically unfit. He died not long afterwards in 1916.
John Henry Close (1884) was born in Nottinghamshire, England, the son of John Close (1833) and Eliza Hubbard. He was drafted into the Nottingham Durham Light Infantry in 1916 served in Boulogne in 1918 and was awarded the British War…
