GARDNER Joseph Died 17 October 1916 Age 24 Buried Lahana Military Cemetery Greece
GARDNER Joseph Service Record
Driver 121842 Royal Field Artillery 84th Small Arms Ammunition Company
Son of Robert and Grace Gardner. The 1911 Census shows that he has moved to Horton in Ribblesdale and is working as a farm labourer and is boarding with the farmer William Redmayne. Robert (65) and Grace (63) on the 1911 census Robert and Grace are still living in Warton but have moved to Warton Top, all the children have left.
The 1901 census shows Grace as head born in Lytham, Lancashire with her sons who were all born in Warton John (23), Richard (21), William (12) and Joseph (9) living at Crag Foot. John and Richard were working in the quarry.
Joseph enlisted in Settle, Yorkshire.
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.