https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/de558ac635a06ba10dc6de129b890344.png?Expires=1787788800&Signature=MfyaT3g110NA2V4HcwfRwGCh-3VMtGTo%7EMzHD6b5kgC8BLPOrYZeL-B8uISt%7Egy%7EnslT41Sdz8ktROLhS4LsEuIgFrJr2ck2WCDrGRfyFUG3lIL%7EKR1KZbvRodiCLC7ccoUD8ScVc-e1rh3knEor6MLTSBwmanSEIOnx9VkAQWOA5nkoJOnPQmQXtJOdNBlkaThR1vuCsUpBdfp02ehkmihtvGISHIqzzfL%7EdfcySjLf2%7ECrdLEfVrMc-x6CNG6ddW3uh-dZBk6M1aDrBD6hoBGzx9nW5a-WLgMS4VMrUSkg8L6UGSn4sSQoBSSbmnqeqyPAXEicosZCbvNknJ6UMg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 93a118638e417fc8b0ad92eb508c9dad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War and Remembrance Subject The topic of the resource As with most communities the cost of war was high. Here we remember the fallen and their stories. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Percy Theodore Gardiner Description An account of the resource 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.<br /><br /> 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. <br /><br />He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in what is now Iraq. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Type The nature or genre of the resource Static Image