See also

Family of Ernest Gillingham and Margaret Moore

  • Husband:

  • Ernest Gillingham (1886-1918)

  • Wife:

  • Margaret Moore (1884-1977)

  • Marriage:

  • 29 Jun 1914

  • Lusk Chapel, Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland1

Husband: Ernest Gillingham

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Ernest Gillingham war memorial

  • Name:

  • Ernest Gillingham2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Arthur Alma Gillingham (1859- )

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Seeley (1860?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • milk boy then a soldier3,4

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1886

  • Padnall Corner, Essex, England2,3,4,5

  •  

  • 1901 census says born in Barking Essex, 1911 says Romford Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Billett Cottage, Padnall Corner, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Arthur and Mary, brothers George, Arthur and Frederick, and sister Francis. Born in Padnall Corner Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  • 8 The Warren, Manor Park, Essex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a milk boy and living with his parents Arthur and Mary Ann, brothers George, Arthur and Fred, and sister Francis. Born in Barking Essex England

  • Military Service:

  • 26 Aug 1904 (age 17-18)

  • Army Service Corps as no:223481

  •  

  • being 5' 5½" tall, weighing 124 lbs with a chest of 36" and 3½" expansion, a fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, a scar on left knee and shin, and moles on right shoulder and left breast

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • Charlton and Kidbroke, London, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried private serving in the Army Service Corps. Born in Romford Essex

  • Death:

  • 31 May 1918 (age 31)

  • France1

  •  

  • Cause: in action

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Rue Barbusse, Lapugnoy, Pas-de-Calais, France6

  •  

  • a Staff Sergeant no:R/22348 Army Service Corps 4th Coy. 4th Div. Train aged 31. Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Gillingham, of Essex; husband of Margaret Gillingham, of Station Road Lusk Co. Dublin

  • Medals:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • 1914 Star, British War and Victory medals

Wife: Margaret Moore

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Margaret Moore

  • Name:

  • Margaret Moore1,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Peg

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 25 Apr 1884

  • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland7

  • Death:

  • 27 Nov 1977 (age 93)

  • Station Road, Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland8

  • Burial:

  • 28 Nov 1977

  • St. McCullin's Church, Chapel Lane, Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland8

  •  

  • following a mass at 11am, in her 93rd year

Sources

1.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Army Service Corps no:22348. Cit. Date: 19 November 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1886 quarter:3 volume:4a page:331. Cit. Date: 1 July 2017.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1600 folio:46 page:2. Cit. Date: 21 May 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:2856 class:RG78 piece:97 registration district:30 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 19 November 2020.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1370 folio:71 page:6. Cit. Date: 21 May 2020.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Lapugnoy Military Cemetery X.A.8. Cit. Date: 19 November 2020.

7.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Pezzey family Tree by Vivien Winterburn. Cit. Date: 19 November 2020.

8.

Newspaper item not in an archive. Pezzey family Tree by Vivien Winterburn. Cit. Date: 19 November 2020. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.