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1896 May 18. Born Chadlington, Oxon
1901 census at Green End, Chadlington
1911 census at Chadlington, Oxon
1914 Oct 12. Landed in France
1917 Aug 1. Commissioned 2nd Lt
1918 Oct/Dec Married Lily M Hearne at Winchester and had 4 children. When Lily May died and my mum, Christine, was about 15, he remarried someone called Betty. There was a 13 year age gap and they didn’t have any children.
(he may well have married 4 times, but one would need certs to prove it.)
1921 Feb 3. Joined ADRIC with service no 1627.
1921 Feb 13. Posted to N Coy.
Fined £1 by Coy Commander, and further fines of £1 and 10/-
1921 Dec 20 to 2 Jan 1922 he was on leave, indicating that he served till demobilisation
1939 Register he is 96 Steventon Rd Abingdon, Berkshire. Occupation Soldier (On Leave). Lt Ox & Bucks. Wife Lily
1941 Feb 15 Transfers from Ox & Bucks to Pioneer Corps E H Southam no.36261
1979 Oct 26 Died High Wycombe, Bucks aged 83
2014 Sep 27. His British War Medal only sold on eBay