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1698 Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years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' (cont.) - GANDER and GANDAR

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James GANDER 94909 Gunner Royal Artillery. Born East Grinstead, Sussex, aged 19 years 8mths at Attestation 28 Dec 1892. Former Trade: Groom. Height: 5'7.25", weight: 124lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, long scar on back of left hand, CofE. NOK: Mother, Caroline, East Grinstead. Died at Netley 22 Jul 1897. Character: very good.

[Obviously misfiled from earlier section]

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James GANDER 90643 Gunner RFA. Joined Woolwich 13 May 1916. Later RGA (90 AA Sec RGA) and Regt. No. 197523). Fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, CofE. Born 18 Dec 1895, Lewes, Sussex. Former Trade: Farm Labourer. Appears to have served in France in 1914 (previous with TA? whole file needs re-checking). A few entries on Conduct Sheet! Poor Character description given at one point. Corporal rank at some stage? Age on discharge on 27 Feb 1920: 24, and address: 33 St.John Street, Lewes, Sussex. 80% disability due to Malaria, pension 5s 6d starting 6 Nov 1919 yet re-enlisted(!) with Sussex RGA (Territorial) 7 Jan 1921 as Serial No. 1663287, Bombardier, Sussex Heavy Brigade RA (sic) TA. Address then 25 South Street, Lewes (later deleted and replaced by 1 Brook Street, Lewes). Height: 5' 7", Chest: 39", weight: 150lbs. Married Edith ACKLAND 4 Sep 1920 at Lewes. Children: James Edward GANDER born 2 Mar 1923 at Lewes, Beatrice Joyce GANDER born 1 Jul 1924 at Lewes (but soon deceased), Maud Evelyn GANDER born 29 Nov 1925 at 1 Brook Street, Lewes, Peter John GANDER born 22 Apr 1928 at Lewes. Discharged 6 Jan 1929.

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John GANDER 551170 Private Eastern Command Labour Centre. Born Brighton, Sussex, 19 Sep 1870. Trade: Licensed Victualler. Height: 5'6", weight: 136lbs, eyes: grey, complexion: sallow, tattoo mark left forearm. Enlisted aged 47 years 10mths on 18 Jul 1918. NOK: wife, Mary Ann GANDER, Albion Inn, 28 Albion Hill, Brighton, Sussex. Particulars of marriage: 25 Dec 1893 at Brighton to Mary Ann MILLYARD(?). Children: Florence Ruth GANDER born 13 Apr 1897, John GANDER born 14 Oct 1905. Discharged 30 Jan 1919. No disability.

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John GANDER 163723 (later 50671) Driver 12th Battn West Yorks. Aged 18 years 7mths at 24 Feb 1916. NOK: mother Phyllis GANDER. Address: 7 Middle Road, Hastings. Trade: a gardener. height: 5' 6.75". Single on enlistment. Married: 1917 [date and place unclear] to Violet [ ? ]. Birth cert. of child: Leonard MITCHELL 'born out of wedlock' on 13 Sep 1915 submitted following marriage. John 'Killed in Action' 3 May 1917. On 1 Dec 1917 notification that widow awarded pension of 22 shillings and 11 pence per week for herself and 2 children wef 26 Nov 1917. Details of an application form from widow on file: Father and mother of soldier: Charles A. and Phyllis GANDER, 4 Middle Row. Widow: [unreadable] GANDER, 22 Scrivenors Buildings, Grown Lane, Hastings. Children: 'had two' - 13 Sep 1915 and John Albert Chas. GANDER born 20 Mar 1917 at Ore, Hastings - 'children died at 9 Claremont Terrace, High Bank, Ore, Hastings. Soldier had 2 brothers: William GANDER, aged 17 and Albert GANDER aged 15; and 2 sisters: Elsie GANDER aged ?20 and Phillis (sic) GANDER aged 12 - all marked 'same address' (?9 Claremont Terrace, High Bank, Ore, Hastings). Grandparents of the soldier: Mr John and Mrs Phillis (sic) ?HAND (?FORD), [ ? ] Cottages, Middle Road, Ore. Nephews and nieces of the soldier: John GANDER aged 4, Charles GANDER aged 6, of 21 High Barton, Ore, and Violet GANDER aged 2 of 4 Middle Road. "No aunts (by blood) but 3 uncles". Application signed by Phoebe Violet GANDER, wife (sic), 20 Jun 1917. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

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John GANDER 14274 Driver RFA. Born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Age 21 years 173 days on enlistment 3 Sep 1914. Occupation: Grocer's Assistant. Height: 5'6", fresh complexion, brown hair, blue-grey eyes, CofE. Lived in Bolney 3years. NOK: father James GANDER, Russells Farm, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks. Served France, wounded. Awarded Victory Medal. Discharged 1919.

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John Henry GANDER 235589 (also No. 10704 seen) Sapper Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport). Born 20 Jul 1897, Hove, Sussex. Former Electrical Engineer. Height: 5'5". Died in an accident 28 May 1917 at Havre 'whilst unloading a barge'. Court of Inquiry Reports on file. Following details submitted from family: Father Richard John GANDER, 9 Connaught Road, Hove, Sussex as at 31 May 1917. Mother: Emma GANDER. Brother: Albert George GANDER aged 10, 180 Church Road. Sisters: Emily GANDER aged 30 [address?]; Rose GANDER aged 26 [address?]; Florrie GANDER aged 24, 180 Church Road, Hove; Maggie GANDER aged 17, 180 Church Road, Hove. No living grandparents, no living nephews and nieces, uncles and aunts (by blood) living: Lucy ?CHESNEY [address?]. Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

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John Philip GANDER 78129 A/Bdr. 61st Siege Battery RGA. Aged 22 at 12 Dec 1915. Occup: Packer, height: 5'9.5". Trade: [ ? ]. Address: 1 Bard Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham. NOK: Beatrice May GANDER (nee SMITH), wife. Married St.Johns Sparkhill on 3 Apr 1915. Died from wounds 12 Jun 1917. Widow awarded pension of 13s 9d per week wef 24 Dec 1917. Application seen with details: Soldier's father: William GANDER, 35 Baker Str, Sparkhill, [mother not given]. Brothers: Wm GANDER and Chas. GANDER, same address (no ages given). Sister: Agnes PARKER, 7 Mountford Str, Sparkhill. Uncle 'by blood': Jack GANDER, 1 Norton Str, Hockley, Birmingham.

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Joseph GANDER 706 RFA. Attested Territorial Force 24 Mar 1909 aged 20 years Nil months for 1 year. Born St.Johns, Brighton, Sussex. Height 5'9". Trade: Builder. Address: 15 Baker Street, Brighton. NOK: Ambrose GANDER, father, same address.
[A misfiled record - Joseph died 1919 - see CWGC]

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Leonard GANDER 45947 Private, Labour Corps. (Serial No. also given as 73410). Aged 38 years 11 months at 6 Feb 1917. Address [ ? }, Oxted Road, Godstone, Surrey. Former Trade: Gardener. NOK: Frances Margaret GANDER (nee ASHFORD, spinster). Married: 28 Sep 1907 at St.Pauls, Rusthall, Kent. Child: Winifred Afra GANDER born 24 Sep 1912. Address in 1921: 139 Chichester Road, Seaford, Sussex. 60% disability due to GSW (Gun shot wound). Awarded British War Medal & Victory Medal.

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Leslie GANDER G38968 Private 16th Queens R.W.Sussex Regt. (Also mention of: 427th Agricultural Corps, Labour Corps? (Serial No. ----410?). Age on enlistment on 16 May 1916: 23 years. Trade: Farmer. Permanent address: Heaswood Farm, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Appeared to be single but NOK unreadable - papers in poor condition. In hospital at Newhaven Oct 1916 with chronic synovitis. Demob. in 1919?

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Percy GANDER 58360 L/Cpl 87 Labour Coy. Labour Corps. Born: Poplar. Aged 18 years 10 months on enlistment to 15th West Surreys (38656): 10 Dec 1915 at Poplar. Height: 5'10". Weight: 138lbs. Chest: 35.5". Trade: Hairdresser. Address: 27 Upper North Street, Poplar, London. Not married. Soon transferred to Labour Corps. Last employer (also NOK and father): H. GANDER, 27 Upper North Street, Poplar. Disability Jun 1917: Malaria (at Salonika) and anaemia. No entry in Regt. Conduct Book. Transferred to Reserve: 10 Jan 1920.

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Percy Clarence GANDER 110992 Driver RFA (and RH). Born: Hendon, Middlesex. Aged 19 years 10 months on 12 Oct 1915. Trade: Milk Carrier. Height: 5' 4.5", Chest: 37". Address: 24 Prospect Rd, Childs Hill. Not married. NOK: Annie GANDER, mother, same address. Served France. Discharged 31 Mar 1920 when address given as 24 Prospect Road, Childs Hill, London.

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Peter GANDER 228188 Private RE Road Construction Coy. Attested 9 Jan 1917 aged 44 years 9 months. Trade: Farm Labourer and Carman. Height: 5'6". Address: 6 Glebe Road, Cuckfield, Sussex. NOK: Emily GANDER, wife , currently living at London Lane, Cuckfield. Particulars of Marriage: 14 Dec 1895 at Cuckfield, Sussex, to Emily STANFORD, spinster. Children: Ethel May GANDER born 2(8?) May 1902, Cuckfield; Dorothy Evelyn GANDER born 18 Jul 1905, Cuckfield; Albert John GANDER born 23 Jun 1911, Cuckfield; Henry GANDER born 10 Jan 1913, Cuckfield; Winifred Emily GANDER born 3 Dec 1915, Cuckfield. Discharged 9 Mar 1917 as no longer physically fit.

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Raymond GANDER Driver 488651 (also T44685) RASC, 309 4 T Co. Born Tottenham London. Aged 33 years 11 months as at 1 Sep 1914. Height 5'3". Weight: 116lbs. NOK: John GANDER, older brother, Park Lane, Tottenham, and Mrs Moore, sister, 1 King Edward Road, Lower Edmonton. Served Home and France. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Address on discharge:14 Beaconsfield Road, Lower Edmonton. 30% disability, awarded 8s 3d per week pension. Discharged 10 Apr 1919 aged 38.

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Reginald Hewitt GANDER Private 531358 15th London Regt (PW and Civil Service Rifles). Age on Enlistment 12 May 1915: 19 years nil months. Earlier Attestation for Territorial Force (Serial No. 3709). No occupation given at first though later: Chemist. Address: 7 Willoughby Road, Hampstead. CofE. Height: 5' 6". NOK: Mrs B.M.HEWITT same address. Prisoner of War in 1918. Later, year of birth given as: 1898. Discharged 24 Feb 1919 after 3 years 289 days service. No claim to be disabled.