The GANDER (& GANDAR)
One-Name Study

Timeline

1642-1700

1642 First Civil War in England (to 1649)
1649 King Charles I executed
1649-1660 Commonwealth Period - Oliver Cromwell
1651-1652 The second English Civil War
1660 Restoration Period
- Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
1663 Earliest Roman Catholic registers
1665 Great Plague of London
1666 Great Fire of London
- Act of Parliament - burials to be in woollen
1668 British East India Company obtains control of Bombay
1684 Huguenot registers begin in London
1685 Monmouth rebellion and battle of Sedgemoor
- Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - drove thousands of Protestants (Huguenots) from France
1688 Nov: James II abdicates - William of Orange lands at Torbay on 5 Nov - William III and Mary II, daughter of James II, jointly take the throne
1689 Deposed James II flees to Ireland - defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1 Jul 1690)
1696 Act of Parliament establishes Workhouses
1698 Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
1700 population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million

1701-1750

1702 Anne Stuart becomes Queen
1707 Union with Scotland
1708 First Jacobite rising in Scotland
1710 Tax on Apprentice Indentures
1712 Last trial for witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham)
1714 Queen Anne Stuart dies - George I Hanover becomes king (1714-1727)
1715 Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender
1719 Third abortive Jacobite rising
1721 Robert Walpole (Whig) becomes first Prime Minister (to 1742)
1723 The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
1727 George I dies - George II Hanover becomes king
1729 Methodists begin at Oxford
1730 Irish famine
1732 Earliest Cavalry and Infantry Muster Rolls
1733 Law forbidding the use of Latin in parish registers generally obeyed - some continued in Latin for a few years
1738 Earliest Calvinistic Methodist registers
1739 Dick Turpin, highwayman, hanged at York
1741 Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites - Earliest Moravian registers
1743 Battle of Dettingen - last time a British sovereign (George II) led troops in battle
1745 Jacobite rebellion in Scotland ('The Forty-five')
1746 Battle of Culloden - last battle fought in Britain
1748-1756 Countess of Huntington's (Calvinistic) Methodist Connexion founded

1751-1800

1751 decision to adopt Gregorian Calendar in 1752: so 1752 started on 1 January and 1751 was a short year.
1752 - 3 Sep: Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England and Scotland, making this 14 Sep
1753 Earliest Inghamite registers
1754 Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns to be called, and Printed Marriage Register forms to be used - Quakers & Jews exempt
- First printed Annual Army Lists
1755 Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr Samuel Johnson
1756 The Seven Years War with France (Pitt's trade war) begins
1760 George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king
- Beginning of intense Inclosure Acts in England
1762 Earliest Unitarian registers
1764 Lloyd's Register of shipping first prepared
- Practice of numbering houses introduced to London
1765 Stamp Act passed - imposed a tax on publications and legal documents in the American colonies
1769 Capt James Cook maps the coast of New Zealand
1770 Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay) formally claims Australia for Britain
1772 First Navy Lists published
1775 Battle of Lexington: first action in American War of Independence (1775-1783)
1776 American Declaration of Independence
- Somerset House in London becomes the repository of records of population
1780 The Gordon Riots
- Earliest Wesleyan registers
1781 Lord Cornwallis's army surrenders to George Washington; ends the American War of Independence
1783 Duty payable on Parish Register entries (3d per entry - repealed 1794) - led to a fall in entries
1788 First convicts (and free settlers) arrive in New South Wales - the 'First Fleet'
1789 14 Jul: The French Revolution begins - storming of the Bastille
1791 Establishment of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
1793 England declares war on France (1793-1802)
- Execution of Louis XVI - Reign of Terror starts in France
1795 Speenhamland Act proclaims that the Parish is responsible for bringing up the labourer's wage to subsistence level
1798 The Irish Rebellion; 100,000 peasants revolt; approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished
- Battle of the Nile (won by Nelson)
1799 'Combination Laws' in Britain against political associations and combinations
1800 Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland
- Earliest Bible Christian registers

1801-1850

1801 First census puts the population of England and Wales at 9,168,000 - population of Britain nearly 11 million (75% rural)
1802 Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands
1803 Peace of Amiens ends on 12 May - resumption of war with France - The Napoleonic Wars (1803-18l5)
1805 - 21 Oct: Nelson's victory at Trafalgar
1806 Earliest Primitive Methodist registers
1807 Parliament passes Act prohibiting slavery and the importation of slaves from 1808 - but does not prohibit colonial slavery
1808 Peninsular War (1808-1814)
- Beginning of 'Luddite' troubles in England
1810 Bible Christians denomination formed by schism in Wesleyan Methodists
1811 Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane
1812 Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated
- Napoleon retreats from Moscow
1813 Rose's Act (1812) established a printed format for baptism & burial registers
1814 Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba
1815 - 1 Mar: Napoleon escapes Elba; arrives in France
- 18 Jun: The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
1819 Peterloo Massacre at Manchester
1820 Accession of George IV, previously Prince Regent
1821 Napoleon Bonaparte dies on St Helena
- Populations: France 30.4M, German States 26M, Britain 20.8M, Italian States 18M, Austria 12M, the USA 9.6M
1824 Pitt's Combination Acts repealed (Trades Unions allowed)
1829 Earliest Irvingite registers
1830 George IV dies - his brother, William IV, accedes to the throne
- Agricultural 'Swing' Riots in southern England, repressed with many transportations
1833 Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
1834 Slavery abolished in British possessions
- Poor Law amendment, tightening up relief
- Tolpuddle Martyrs transported (to Australia) for Trades Union activities
1835 Earliest Universalist registers
1836 First Potato famine in Ireland
1837 William IV dies - accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901)
- 1 Jul: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales - Registration Districts were formed
1840 Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849)
1841 6 Jun: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded
- Population: Britain 18.5M, USA 17M, Ireland 8M
1842 Civil Registration in Channel Islands started
- Illustrated London News published
1844 Outdoor Relief Prohibition Order - parish relief received only in a workhouse
1848 General revolutionary movement throughout the Continent ('Year of Revolution')
- Marx and Engels The Communist Manifesto

1851-1900

1851 - 30 Mar: Second full British Census
1852 Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement
1854 Allied armies land in Crimea
1855 Registration of births, marriages & deaths made compulsory in Scotland
1856 End of Crimean War
1857 London postal districts introduced
1857-8 Indian Mutiny
1858 Proving of Wills taken out of ecclesiastical jurisdiction
1861 American Civil War begins
- 7 Apr: Third full British Census
- Prince Albert dies
- Populations: Russia 76M, USA 32M, Italy 25M, Britain 23M
1864 Civil Registration in Ireland starts
- Civil Registration of marriages in Isle of Man starts
1865 End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
1867 Dominion of Canada founded
1868 Last British election for which Poll Books available
- Last convicts landed in (Western) Australia
1871 - 2 Apr: Fourth full British census
- Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
- Commissions in British armed forces no longer to be purchased
1872 Secret Ballot introduced in Britain (no further Poll Books produced)
- Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng. & Wales)
1874 Disraeli and the Tories come to power in Britain - pass 11 major Acts of social reform in next 2 years
- First Trades Union MP is elected
- Factory Act introduces 56-hour week
1876 Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
1879 Zulu war
1880 Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
1881 - 3 Apr: Fifth full British Census
- First Boer War - Transvaal independence recognised
- Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
1883 Married Women's Property Act of 1882 becomes law
1887 Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
1891 5 Apr: Sixth full British Census
1893 Keir Hardy founds Independent Labour Party
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1899-1902 Second Boer War
1900 Relief of Ladysmith
- Relief of Mafeking

1901-1960

1901 Commonwealth of Australia founded
- Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII king
- 31 Mar: Seventh full British Census
1902 Second Boer War ends
1906 Labour Party formed
1907 New Zealand becomes a Dominion
1909 Old Age Pensions Act came into force
1910 Union of South Africa formed - Botha first Prime Minister
- Edward VII dies - George V king
1911 - 2 Apr Census: Pop. Eng.&Wales 36M, Scot. 4.6M, North.Ire. 1.25M
1912 The Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives
- Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team die on way back from the south pole
1913 Suffragette demonstrations in London
1914 -1918 First World War (The Great War)
1914 - 28 Jun: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
- 4 Aug: Britain declares war on Germany
- Oct-Nov: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
- First Zeppelin air raid on England
1915 - Apr-May: Second Battle of Ypres - poison gas used for first time
- 25 Apr: Gallipoli campaign starts
- 7 May: RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off coast of Ireland - 1,198 died
- Coalition Government formed in Britain under Asquith
1916 - Feb-Dec: Battle of Verdun - appalling losses on both sides
- 24 Apr: Easter Rising in Ireland
- 31 May-1 Jun: Battle of Jutland - only major naval battle between the British and German fleets
- 1 Jul: Battle of the Somme starts - first use of tanks by Britain
- Compulsory military service introduced in Britain
1917 - February revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas abdicates
- USA declares war on Germany
- 16 Apr: Lenin returns to Russia after exile
- Jul-Nov: Battle of Passchendaele
- October Revolution in Russia - Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government; Lenin becomes Chief Commissar
1918 - Jul-Aug: Second Battle of the Marne: last major German offensive
- 11 Nov: Armistice signed
- War of Independence in Ireland
- World-wide 'flu epidemic
1919 Treaty of Versailles
1920 First meeting of the League of Nations
1921 - 19 Jun: Census: Pop. Eng. & Wales 37.9M, Scot. 4.9M, North. Ire. 1.25M
- Irish Free State and Northern Ireland formed
1922 Fall of Lloyd-George coalition
- Law of Property Act - the manorial system effectively ended
1923 Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy
- Canberra made Federal Capital of Australia
1924 First Labour government, headed by Ramsay MacDonald
- Death of Lenin; succeeded by Stalin
1925 Adolf Hitler writes Mein Kampf
1926 - 26 Apr: General Strike begins, till 12 May (mine workers for 6 months more)
- Adoption of children is legalised in Britain
1928 Women over 21 get vote in Britain - same qualification for both sexes
1929 Abolition of Poor Law system in Britain
- Minimum age for a marriage in Britain (which had been 14 for a boy and 12 for a girl) now 16 for both sexes, with parental consent (or a licence) needed for anyone under 21
1930 First Nazis elected to the German Reichstag
- R101 airship disaster - British abandons airship construction
1931 - 26 Apr Census: Pop. Eng.&Wales 40M, Scot. 4.8M, North.Ire. 1.24M (but details destroyed by fire during WW2)
- Statute of Westminster: British Dominions become independent sovereign states
1933 Hitler becomes German Chancellor
1934 Hitler becomes Fuehrer of Germany
- Mao Tse-tung's 'Long March' starts in China
1935 Italy invades Abyssinia
1936 - 20 Jan: George V dies; Edward VIII king
- 18 Jul: Spanish Civil War starts
- 5 Dec: Edward VIII abdicates Duke of York becomes George VI
1937 Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister in Britain
- German planes bomb Guernica in Spain
- Japanese forces invade China
1938 Germany invades and annexes Austria
- Chamberlain visits Hitler in Munich - promises 'peace in our time'
1939 Germany annexes Czechoslovakia
- 1 Sep: Germany invades Poland
- 3 Sep: Britain and France declare war on Germany at 5pm
- 6 Sep: First air-raid on Britain
- 11 Sep: British Expeditionary Force sent to France
- 14 Oct: HMS Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow with loss of 810 lives
1940 - 11 May: National Government formed under Churchill
- 24 May: Germany invades France
- 27 May-4 Jun: Evacuation of British Army at Dunkirk
- 25 Jun: Fall of France
- 7 Sep: Germany launches bombing blitz on Britain
- 15 Sep: Battle of Britain in the air ends with British victory
- Trotsky assassinated on Stalin's orders
1941 No census - total British population estimated at 48.2M
- 22 June: Germany invades Russia
- 7 Dec: Japan attacks US fleet at Pearl Harbour
- Britain introduces severe rationing
1942 - 30 May: Over 1,000 bombers raid Cologne
- 4 Jun: Battle of Midway
- 19 Aug: Abortive raid on Dieppe, largely by Canadian troops
- 6 Sep: Germans defeated at Stalingrad
- 23 Oct-4 Nov: Battle of El Alamein - Montgomery defeats Rommel
1943 - May: 'Dam Buster' raids on Ruhr dams by RAF
- 24 Jul: Allies invade Italy - Benito Mussolini resigns as Italian Dictator
1944 - 4 Jun: Allies enter Rome
- 6 Jun: D-Day invasion of Normandy
-12 Jun: First V1 flying bombs hit London
- 8 Sep: First V2 rocket bombs hit London
- 11 Sep: Allies enter Germany
- 16 Dec: Battle of the Bulge: German counter-offensive
1945 Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
- 25 Apr: Berlin surrounded by Russian troops
- 30 Apr: Hitler commits suicide
- 8 May: Victory in Europe Day
- 6 Aug: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
- 9 Aug: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
- 15 Aug: Victory in Japan Day
- 2 Sep: Japanese surrender
1946 First session of new United Nations Organisation
1947 India gains independence: sub-continent partitioned to form India and Pakistan
1948 Gandhi assassinated
- Apartheid starts in South Africa
- Berlin airlift starts
- National Health Service begins in Britain
1949 Russians lift the Berlin blockade
- 1950 Points rationing ends in Britain
- Petrol rationing ends in Britain
- Korean War starts (to 27 Jul 1953)
- Soap rationing ends in Britain
1951 Census: Pop. Eng.& Wales 43.7M, Scot. 5M. North.Ire. 1.37M
1952 George VI dies
- End of tea rationing in Britain
1953 Sweet rationing ends in Britain
- Everest conquered by Hillary and Tensing
- Coronation of Elizabeth II
- Sugar rationing ends in Britain (after nearly 14 years)
- Death of Stalin: Malenkov becomes Premier of USSR
- End of the Korean War
1954 Food rationing officially ends in Britain
1956 Britain and France invade Suez
1957 Sputnik I launched by Soviet Union - first artificial satellite
1959 Postcodes introduced in Britain
1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa

British Military Records

Soldiers Discharged to Pension / Reserve: 1913-1920 - the 'Burnt Documents' - GANDER and GANDAR

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WO363
Albert John GANDER: 142364 CQMS Royal Engineer Signals. Born Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Not a service file as such but derived from a letter to the War Office sent by Albert John GANDER 23 Dec 1937 as he'd lost his Army Reference and requested another. Address in 1937: Devoncroft, Grasmere Road, Luton. Letter copy on file, signed by General Allenby, Egyptian Expeditionary Forces that Albert John was one who was 'worthy of mention for their services between 19 Sep 1918 and 31 Jan 1919'.

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Charles Albert GANDER 504501 (but Regt.No at 30 Mar 1916 was 227205) L/Cpl Royal Engineers - Inland Water Transport. Enrolled 22 Jan 1917 at Apparent : 39yrs 9mths. Trade: Bricklayers Mate. NOK: Wife. Married Lily ROSE, spinster, 14 Apr 1900 at St.John's Church, Newington. ('Verified from Cert.'). Children: Charles William GANDER born 20 Jan 1901, Lambeth; Ernest Henry GANDER born 16 Feb 1902, Lambeth; Lily Emily GANDER born 15 Jan 1904, Lambeth. Discharged 17 Apr 1919 when year of birth given as: 1877.

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Charles Henry GANDER WR/21309 (?)Gunner 307 RC Coy RE. Attested 2 Jan 1917. Apparent age on Enrollment: 48 years 6 months. Height: 5' 8". Trade: Road Labourer. NOK: Wife, Caroline GANDER, ?36, Hereford Street, Brighton (no particulars of marriage or any children given). Awarded British War, and Victory Medals. Year of birth as given at Discharge: 1867.

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Francis Ernest Henry GANDER: M2/121143 Private Army Service Corps (MT). Short Service Attestation on 13 Sep 1915 d 33 years 5 months. Born Brighton, Sussex Trade: Motor Driver Home Address: 100 Cowper Str, Hove, Sussex. Height: 5' 6.5". NOK: Wife Caroline (nee ?BROWN) married St John the Baptist Chapel, Brighton on 1 Apr 1902. Children: Ernest Jule GANDER born 11 Jan 1903 Brighton, Phyllis Agnes GANDER born 11 Jan 1907 Hove, and Marie Eileen GANDER born 3 Sep 1914 Hove. Served France 583 Coy ASC, 3 Oct 1915 to 4 Sep 1918. Awarded British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914/15 Star Discharged May 1919. Born: 1882.

[The following followed immediately after the entry above and I believe it to be for the same man's pre-Great War service. However, the forenames differ, the suggested year of birth is 3 years out, there is no GRO Birth or Marriage Registration for a 'Francis Henry GANDER' and the year of marriage below is also 'wrong' - so needs checking].
Francis Henry GANDER 724 RFA(T) Joined Territorial Force 4 Jun 1909. Apparent : 29 years 11 months. Height: 5' 5.75". Born Brighton, Sussex. Trade: Coachman Chaffeur (Employed by D MAER HENDERSON, Kings Road, Hove). Home Residence: 75 Coleridge Str, Hove, Sussex. Married 21 Apr 1909. Discharged from Territorial Force 20 Apr 1913. Colour Services: Dec 1915 to Sep 1919 [Overseas 2 years]

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Frank GANDER: 72099 Private Royal Army Medical Corps. Attested for Short Service 20 Oct 15 d 28 years 2 weeks. Born Henfield, Sussex. Home Residence: 8 Howard Place, Brighton, Sussex, Trade: Grocers Assistant. Height: 5' 7". NOK: Wife. Married Edith Mary (GANDER) spinster at ?Walhrigton 12 Apr 1909. Children: Edith Nona Carter GANDER born 22 Oct 1910 Brighton, and Gladys Lilian GANDER born 8 Feb 1916 Brighton. Couple separated in 1918 and Separation Allowance stopped. Wife's address then: 76 Addison Road, Hove. Discharged 1919 after service with No. 43 Gen Hosp Corps. Served Salonika (2 years) and Home. Intended Residence on Discharge: 119 London Road, Brighton. Born: 1887 Awarded British War and Victory Medals.

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Frederick Ernest GANDER Private 84767 Northants Regt (and later Labour Corps). Joined 13 Mar 1917 at age 27 years 3 months (ie bn c.1889). Height 5' 6.5". Medical Grade BII. Residence: 8 Gordon Road, Kilburn. NOK: Wife. Particulars of marriage: Lilian May NEWMAN married 12 May 1913, St. John the Evangelist, Kilburn. Child: Frederick Albert GANDER born Kilburn 24 Jun 1914. Later, Death Certificate on file - Willesdon District (Kilburn) for Frederick Albert GANDER died 31 May 1917, 8 Gordon Rd, Male, 2 yrs, Son of Frederick Ernest GANDER Private Northants Regt. Cause: i. measles, ii. Pneumonia. L.M. GANDER, Mother, present. Address on discharge (?1919): 224 Kilburn Park Rd, West Kilburn, London and year of birth given as 1884(!) British War and Victory Medals.

WO363
Frederick GANDER 538149 Driver 28 Div Signal Co RE. Enlisted 26 Nov 1914. 34 last birthday. Home Residence: 8 Lennox Str, Brighton, Sussex. Trade: Salesman. Served France 15 Jan 1915 - ?July 1915, Salonika 1 Mar 1916 - 25 May 1918 (Malaria). Discharged 11 May 1919. Intended Residence: 8 Lennox Str, Brighton.

WO363
Frederick Charles GANDER 1137 (Rank?) HC Div Sig Coy RE. On Attestation for Territorial Force 23 Jun 1914 age 29 years 1 month. Born Brighton, Sussex. Trade: Telegraphist (GPO). Height: 5' 6.5". Married: 25 May 1914. NOK Wife (No name given!). Home Residence: 47 Hollingbury Park Ave, Brighton, Sussex.

WO363
Frend GANDER 180523 (previously 428699) Sapper 426th Field Res. Co. West Lancs RE. at 20 Jul 1918: 34 years 3 months. Trade: Bricklayer and Postman (Postmaster Bexhill-on-Sea). Home Residence: 44 Camperdown Str, Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea. NOK: Wife. Married: Eliza BAILY 28 Sep 1904 at ?Stanwell. Child: Leslie Frend GANDER born 18 Aug 1905 at Battle, Sussex. [Previously discharged from Army in 1917 - see WO363].

WO363
George GANDER 7690 Private 1st Cheshire Regt. Short Service Attestation on 10 Aug 1904. Apparent age on Enlistment: 18 years 10 months. Height 5' 4.5", Fresh Complexion, Blue Grey Eyes and Light Brown Hair. Born St.John's, Lewes, Sussex. Trade: Labourer. Not married on enlistment. NOK: Father and Mother (names not listed), 5 Pleasant Place, Lancaster Str, Lewes. Later NOK given as Wife, 28 North Str, Lewes. Particulars of Marriage: Alice Kate HOARD (widow). Married: 26 Jun 1915, St.Michael, Chester. No children listed. Wrote to War Office from 28 North Str, Lewes (date?) applying for a 'silver War Badge' as 'Blinded by Concussion - bursting shell - Retreat from Mons'. In 1921 lived at 28 Paddock Rd, Lewes, Sussex when awarded British War and Victory Medals and 1914 Star. Discharged 29 Mar (?)1916 - then listed as with 3rd Cheshires.

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George GANDER 20382 (Previously 3984) Private 2/5th Royal Sussex, later in No.8 Protection Coy.56th Coy.of Royal Defence Corps and also in 65 Coy. Northampton Regt. Service from 8 May 1915, d 54 years 3 mths. Married: wife Mary GANDER, 7 Church Row, Lewes, Sussex. Served 'Home'. Demob. 2? Mar 1919.

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George Martin GANDER 136589 Private Royal Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) , 11 Div M.T. Coy. Attested 10 Nov 1915 aged 27 years 299 days. Born Bexhill. 5' 9" CofE weight: 139lbs. Former Trade: Motor Driver. Not served before. Home address: 2 Wellington Villas, Seaside, Eastbourne, Sussex. Married. Wife and NOK: Nellie GANDER. Particulars of Marriage: 16 Nov 1907 to Nellie WILLEY, Register Office, Battle, Sussex. Children: George Harry GANDER bn 6 Feb 1908 at Bexhill; Mabel Dorothy GANDER bn 24 Jan 1913 Eastbourne; Doris Nellie GANDER bn 1 Feb 1916 Eastbourne. A reference seen from Maxse PIBEL, The Ashford Road Garage, Eastbourne: 'George GANDER has been heavy lorry driving for me for the past two years; he is a good and careful driver and can undertake all running repairs including timing; I have found him honest, punctual and sober.' Discharged 16 Jan 1919 and gave main address as: Maindee, 316 Seaside, Eastbourne. last birthday: 31 and year of birth: 1888.

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Henry Allen GANDER 138415 2nd Corporal, RE Railway Troops Inland Water Transport Section. On enlistment 12 Jan 1916 d 22 years. CofE, brown eyes, pale complexion. Trade: Bricklayer. Not married. NOK Father: Henry George GANDER, 9 Kings Place, Borough SE. Had bomb wound 1 Jul 1918 left forearm. Discharged 27 Dec 1918 d 25, no claim for disability.

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Henry William GANDER 900162 Driver 220 Bde RFA (but originally No.945 1st Home Counties Brigade RFA as Driver). Territorial Force Attestation in 1911 aged 17 years - mths (as 'Harry William GANDER?'). Born Portslade. height: 5'5". Trade: Stoker. Last employment given as William SAUNDERS, Blackrock, Brighton. Home Address: 97 Old Shoreham Rd,Portslade. NOK: Father S/A. Served India 2 Dec 1914-Dec 1916 and Jul 1916-Oct 1917, Mesopotamia Dec 1916-Jun 1916 and Oct 1917-?1919. Had fever Bombay Jul 1916 and in hospitals Bombay Jul 1916, Kut 1918 and Bagdad (sic) Apr 1918. Demob.31 Mar 1920. Awarded 1914 and 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. In 1924 was awarded the IGS Medal with Clasp: 'Afghanistan-NWF 1919'. Mothers' Death Certificate also on file: Rebecca GANDER died 23 May 1919 at 97 Old Shoreham Rd, Portslade-by- Sea; d 55; Wife of Henry William GANDER, a Journeyman Blacksmith. Informant: H.W. GANDER, widower of deceased, present at death; Cause of Death: 1.Chronic Interstitial Nephritis 2.Syncope.

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Henry William GANDER 40643 Private 14th Battn Royal Defence Corps. Attested Territorial Force 22 Jan 1915 aged 54. (Previously served 4 years in Territorial Force and regular service in 3rd Hampshire Rifles? - No.s 5882 and 20478 also seen on file). Born Hove, Sussex 20 Jul 1860. Home address: 97 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade. Trade: General Toolsmith (later Blacksmith). Grey hair, dark brown eyes, height: 5'10". NOK: wife Rebecca GANDER S/A. Particulars of marriage: 12 Jul 1882 at Trinity Church, Portslade to Rebecca ELLIOTT. 7 children: Rebecca GANDER, Alice GANDER, Henry GANDER, Daisy GANDER, Gladys GANDER, Lily Vera GANDER (bn 23 Sep 1901), Albert Edward GANDER (bn 23 Apr 1906). Father: Henry GANDER (living), mother: Mary (deceased). Discharged 11 Jul 1916 on account of disability, being no longer fit for war service. No medals.

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Horace GANDER 149480 Private 301 Labour Corps (also 240545 Royal Sussex Regt). aged 34 years 5 mths at 16 Oct 1916. Formerly Decorator and Painter. Not married. NOK: George GANDER father. Home Address: North Chapel, Petworth. Religion: Congregational. Height: 5'8". Death Certificate of Mother seen on file: Emma GANDER died 29 Nov 1917 at 1 Elm Cottages, Northchapel RD, female, 70 years, wife of George GANDER County Council Road Foreman. Cause: Senile Myocarditis (no post-mortum), Informant: Edith Mary GANDER, in attendance, Angel Str, Petworth. Horace discharged with 100% disability from 8 Jan 1919: 27/6 pension.

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Horace GANDER 738148 Bdr RFA (also Serial No. 905031). Born 5 Nov 1884 at Christchurch, Willingdon. Home Address: 36 Seaford Road, Eastbourne.Former Trades: Gardener, Porter. Height: 5'8", weight: 147 lbs. Blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion. Originally Attested 28 Feb 1908 for Territorial Force (No.120). Married. Particulars of Marriage: 25 Dec 1904 at Eastbourne (it was actually 1903) to Kate BETTERIDGE, spinster. Children: Dorothy Ella Constance GANDER bn 28 May 1905 at Eastbourne; Hilda Kathleen Faith GANDER bn 11 Apr 1907 at Eastbourne; Gladys Eileen Kate GANDER bn 24 Feb 1910 at Eastbourne; Norman Arthur GANDER bn Apr 1913 (it was actually 1912) at Eastbourne; and Kitty Nora Nellie GANDER 28 Jul 1915 at Eastbourne (it was actually 1914). Discharged on demob. 31 Mar 1920 but later was back in the Territorial Force until 1924.