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George Patrick Gardiner

Informationen zu Geburt

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Bauunternehmer

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Truppe:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
40880
Einberufung ort:
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Einheiten:
 —  Hertfordshire Regiment, 1/1st Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
24/09/1917
Sterbeort:
Bitter Wood Geluveld, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
36

Gedenkstätte

Tyne Cot Memorial
Tafel: 49A

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille — 25/10/1920
Victory Medal
Medaille — 25/10/1920

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort
#3 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

George Patrick Gardiner was a 36-year old Building contractor from Bungay, Suffolk. He was married to Ethel Johnson in 1905. They had four children together, two girls and two boys.

George was possibly conscripted in the army in 1916. He firstly served in the Bedfordshire Regiment, but by the time of the Battle of Passchendaele he was posted to the Hertfordshire Regiment, 1/1st Battalion.

On 23 September 1917 George’s Battalion relieved the 1st Cambridgeshire in the frontline, taking over the line captured by the 41st Division on the 20th of September. The Battalion took up positions in the Shrewsbury Forrest area in Bitter and Stout Wood. The 1/1st Hertfordshire held the line for two days until they were relieved on the 25th.

Private George Patrick Gardiner was killed in action on 24 September 1917. He possibly fell, due to German shellfire while holding the line near Bitter and Stout Wood. George has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Dateien 1

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"The 16th Foot : a history of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment", London, Constable & Company, 1936 , pg; 186.
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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/839552/gardiner,-george-patrick/
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The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
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War Diary Hertfordshire Regiment, 1/1st Bn.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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