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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.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Garnett, 40061, Yorkshire Regiment.
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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04 October 1918
GARNETT – In affectionate remembrance of Private N. Garnett. who died at Sialkot, India, on September 16th, 1918, aged 30 years – .R.I.P.
From his loving Wife, 9 Chapel Street, Carleton.
17 September 1920
GARNETT – In loving memory of Private Norman Garnett, who died at Sialkot, India, September 16th, 1918.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
From his loving Wife, 9 Chapel Street, Carleton.
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04 October 1918
In affectionate remembrance of Pte. N. Garnett, who died at Sialkot, India, on Sept. 10th, 1918, aged 30 years. R.I.P.
– From his loving Wife. 9, Chapel Street, Carleton.
04 October 1918
Carleton Soldier’s Death in India
Mrs. Norman Garnett, of Chapel Street, Carleton, has received information from the Record Office at York, saying that her husband, Pte. Norman Garnett, has died at Sialkot in India. The cause of death was abcesses on the liver. Pte. Garnett was 29 years of age, and was called to the colours about two years ago, when he was drafted to the 1st Yorkshire Regiment. After his training course he was drafted out to India. Mrs. Garnett has received messages of sympathy from the King and Queen, and also from the Army Council. When Pte. Garnett was called to the colours he was employed at Carla Beck by Mr. J.A. Slingsby. He had a brother, Pte. J.W. Garnett, who was killed in France early in the war.
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