Samuel Percy Gardiner
Title
Samuel Percy Gardiner
Description
Sam Gardiner was born in 1884 in Oakridge and baptised in Oakridge Church on 7 December 1884. He was the son of Caleb Gardiner and Ellen Lewis. Caleb Gardiner was a stone mason and lived at Yew Tree Cottage in Oakridge Lynch. His mother Ellen died in 1897 when Sam was 13 years old. Sam Gardiner first worked as a cattle man then as a builders labourer.
He enlisted in Stroud in the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment,. He served as a private and was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 8 August 1915 aged 31.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey
He enlisted in Stroud in the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment,. He served as a private and was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 8 August 1915 aged 31.
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey
Source
Oakridge History Group
Collection
Citation
“Samuel Percy Gardiner,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/179.