Percy Theodore Gardiner

Percy Theodore Gardiner

Percy Gardiner was born on 30 January 1893 in Chalford. He was the son of John Gardiner and Mary Wright. John Gardiner was a boatman in the canal and lived in the High Street, Chalford. His mother Mary worked as a stick polisher in Chalford. Percy Gardiner also worked I the umbrella stock factory with his sister and brother living with his parents in 1911. In 1913 Percy married Agnes Smart of Oakridge, they had 2 children Ivy Lavina, born in 1914 and Thomas Theodore, born 1915.

He enlisted in Bristol in the 3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, later transferring to the 7th Battalion. He served as a private and lost his life in Mesopotamia on 16 December 1916 aged 23 leaving a widow and 2 children.

He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in what is now Iraq.

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