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Surname: GELDARD
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Royal Marine Battalion
Division: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-08-20
Awards: M.I.D., Medal for Military Valour in Bronze (Italy)
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXIX. A. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE (MILL ROAD) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: RATHMELL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Geldard (born 4 December 1885) was the son of Christopher and Janet Stuart Geldard, née Humphry. Christopher was born at Rathmell, Yorkshire and Janet at Paddington, Middlesex.
1891 Paddington, Middlesex Census: 26, Princes Square - John Geldard, aged 6 years, born Cambridge, grandson of Jessie O. Humphrey, widow.
1901 Wenden Lofts, Essex Census: Hall School - John Geldard, aged 15 years, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Student. [John was visiting his uncle and aunt, Perceval and Ethel Humphrey, who were brother and sister.]
1911 Portsea, Hampshire Census: 24 and 25, Ordnance Row - John Geldard, aged 25 years, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Lieutenant, Royal Marines. [John was boarding with Henry William Thomas and Susan Elizabeth Sheppard.]
The Portsmouth & Plymouth Battalions were amalgamated and renamed 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, 63rd (RN) Division.
John died of influenza/pneumonia at the Burlington Hotel, London WI. He is commemorated on the Great Chesterford, Essex, War Memorial (2nd Lieutenant John Reynolds Pickersgill-Cunliffe (q.v.) is commemorated on the nearby Little Chesterford War Memorial).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
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