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Surname: GARDNER
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Warton, Lancashire
Service No: 121842
Rank: Driver
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 84th Small Arms Ammunition Column, 146th Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1916-10-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. D. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: DUNSOP BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: WHITEWELL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Gardner was the son of Robert and Grace Gardner, née Rainford. Robert was born at Goosnargh and Grace at Lytham, Lancashire. Joseph's brother, Private William Gardner (56460), was killed in action on the 21 July 1917 whilst serving with the 16th (Service) Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Both brothers are commemorated on Warton War Memorial.
1901 Warton near Carnforth, Lancashire Census: Crag Foot - Joseph Gardner, aged 9 years, born Warton, son of Grace Gardner (married). [Joseph's father, Robert, was in the Royal Lancaster Hospital at the time of the census.]
1911 Settle, Yorkshire Census: Foredale Farm - Joseph Gardiner, aged 18 years, born Carnforth, Lancashire. [Joseph was employed by William Redmayne, Farmer.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Dvr Joseph Gardner, 121842, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Dvr Joseph Gardner, 121842, R.F.A. Died 17.10.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Dr Joseph Gardner, 121842, 84/146th Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 17.10.16. Greece. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Robert. £7 1s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: joint card(s) exist for Joseph and his brother William. Name(s) on card(s): Mr Robert Gardner. Relationship: Father. Address: Alms Houses, Warton nr Carnforth, Lancs.
A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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