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Surname: GARNETT
Forename(s): Norman
Place of Birth: Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 40061
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Garrison Battalion
Division: 2nd (Rawalpindi) Indian Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1918-09-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Norman Garnett (born 9 February 1888) was the son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett, née Smith and brother of Private John William Garnett (15707) (q.v.). Their father was born at Carleton-in-Craven and mother at Lothersdale, Yorkshire.
1891 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 5, 2nd St. Croft - Norman Garnett, aged 3 years, born Carleton, son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett.
1901 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 6, Chapel Street - Norman Garnett, aged 13 years, born Carleton, son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett.
1911 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 5, Oxford Terrace - Norman Garnett, aged 23 years, born Carleton, son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett.
Norman was married to Florence Judith Beaver in 1914. Florence married William Jackson in 1925.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Garnett, 40061, York. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Norman Garnett, 40061, Yorks. Dead 16.9.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Norman Garnett, 40061, 1st Gn. Bn Yorks Regt. Date and Place of Death: 16.9.18. Sialkot. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Florence Judith. £37 3s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Norman Garnett, 40061, Yorks 1st. Date and cause of death: 16.9.18. Liver Abscess. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Florence Judith, born 19.8.89. Address: 9, Chapel Street, Carleton, Skipton, Yorks.
The 1921 Census shows that Florence had three relatives by marriage and also her future husband William Jackson living with her at 9, Chapel Street, Carleton. The 1939 Register shows that Florence and her husband William were living at 45, Great Wood Avenue, Skipton. Florence died in 1951.
Although Norman is commemorated on the Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial, he is buried in Sialkot East Cemetery, Pakistan.
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: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 2nd (Rawalpindi) Indian Division
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