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
Files
Collection
Citation
“Samuel Percy Gardiner,” Oakridge Archives, accessed September 13, 2026, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/179.