WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 63018 | Gunner Ernest Garland | Royal Field Artillery; C Battery 111th Brigade | b. 1880 |
| Medal rolls index cards | Enlisted 19/12/1914 Discharged 6/3/1915 Unlikely to become
an efficient soldier No Medals. He was discharged under para 392 (iii) C Kings Regulations. C stands for the recruit being discharged within three months of enlisting. |
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| Service Record | Attested 19th December 1914. Address Woodbine Cottage, Market
Place, Bingham. Occupation: Gardener. Next of Kin: Rose Garland, wife, Woodbine Cottage. Married on 27.09.1902 at Egham, Windsor. Children: Alma Rose 18/3/04 at Egham, Elsie Maud 1/3/08 at Yorktown, Surrey Discharged as above. He was paid 30/- (£1.50p). Discharge papers show: Height 5’ 7”; chest 37½” (expansion f”); eyes blue; hair brown. |
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Family history etc
| Ernest Garland | |||
| 1880 | Born Windsor, Berkshire 3rd May 1880 at The Windsor Union Workhouse, Old Windsor. Registered 23rd June | ||
| 1881 [Mother Caroline] |
Caroline Garland b. 1862 Chobham, Surrey living with parents
at Albert Road, Englefield Siblings: Jane, b. 1857 Chertsey [paralysed from birth] Francis, b. 1880 Egham (this unlikely to be son of Caroline aged 61!More likely to be Ernest by a different name) |
In 1891 she was an inmate of The Windsor Union Workhouse.
She worked as a kitchen maid. In 1901 she was head of household at 84 Grove Road, New Windsor with daughters Emily and Violet. She was a laundress. In 1902 she married Frederick Henry Rickets in Windsor (Ancestry.co.uk Family tree) See 1911 census for them below. |
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| 1911 Census [Richets] |
At 6 Clifton Cottages, Eton Wick: Frederick Richetts, b. 1868 Wandsworth Caroline Richetts, b. 1863 Chobham Boarders: Ernest Garland, b 1874 Frederick Garland, b. 1886 Egham Emily Garland, b. 1889 Egham [married] Violet Garland, b. 1894 Egham. |
General Dealer Gardener Soldier |
Not Ernest’s DoB 1874 note 1880. FBMD has no record of EG born this date. |
| 1891 | Living in Egham, Surrey with: Grandfather: Isaac b. 1826 Chertsey Grandmother: Caroline b. 1820 Windlesham Aunt: Jane b. 1859 Chertsey Brother: Frederick b. 1886 Windsor |
Gardener’s labourer |
Ancestry gives name as Gowland and that their mother was Jane. Census records that Jane was crippled from birth. Ernest and Frederick’s mother was Caroline Garland b. 1862 (Family Tree) |
| 1901 census | Boarder at 5 Post Boys Row, Egham with: Ernest Wells, b. 1874,Sandown IOW Alice Wells, b. 1875 Egham Ernest Wells, b. 1899 Egham Archibald Wells, b 1899 Egham AND Ernest Wells senior’s step-brother: Charles Wells, b. 1891, Egham |
Gardener Lance Corporal ASC |
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| 1902 | Married Rose Wells 27th September 1902 at Egham Children: [army record]: Alma Rose 18/3/04 at Egham Elsie Maud 1/3/08 at Yorktown, Surrey [FBMD]: [poss] Raymond L b. Lewisham 1913 Hilda C, b. Windsor 1919 |
Rose was sister to Charles b. 1891. | |
| 1911 Census | Living at School House, Bingham with: Wife: Rose, b. 1884 Egham Children: Alma, b. 1904 Yorktown Elsie Maud, b. 1908 Sandhurst Berks. Cecil Ernest, b. 1910 b. Surbiton, Surrey |
Gardener (Domestic) | |
| 1914 | Living at Woodbine Cottage, Market Place |
[service papers] | |
| 1939 Register | 35 Clewer Avenue, New Windsor: Ernest Garland, b.3 May 1880, married Rose Garland, b. 27 Sep 1883, married One closed record Harry F Nunn, b. 3 May 1911, single |
General Labourer Unpaid domestic duties Depot Clerk, London Transport |
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| 1944 | Death of Ernest | ||
| 1947 | Death of Rose | ||