12. | GRADWELL Frederick Arthur was born on 25 Jun 1904 in Back 118 Green Lane, Aston, U.D., Sub-District Of Deritend, County Of Birmingham, England; was christened on 15 Jul 1906 in Saint Elizabeth Vineyard, Richmond (son of GRADWELL Edward William and BROWNE (BROWN) Charlotte Mary); died on 26 Mar 1984 in Etobicoke, Ontario; was buried in 1984 in Riverside Crematorium Chapel, Etobicoke, Ontario. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 2 Apr 1911, 51 Selwyn Ave., Richmond, Surrey
Notes:
Joined army with Teddy’s birth certificate, Second Battalion? Coldstream Guards. Served in Turkey in 1920; crossed the Gobi Desert. Served in Ireland during Irish Rebellion, getting bayonet wound in his neck. Probably served for 7 years with Coldstream Guards because he was married in uniform in 1927. Late 1920s, worked for Watneys Brewery as drayman in Mortlake. Later joined Territorial Army, was a Regimental Sergeant Major when WWII started, but became a Battery Sergeant Major in Royal Engineers. Stationed at Hatfield, then later elsewhere in England, manning searchlights with Royal Engineers. Royal Artillery took them over about 1940. Medically discharged for duodenal ulcer near the end of the war.
In 1945, took over as custodian and bartender in Drill Hall in Southfields, London, for Territorial Army for about 5 years. Lived with Ellen in adjoining apartment while Roy, Joyce, Maureen and Doreen, Norman and Lynda stayed at their house in Birdhurst Road.
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England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Frederick Arthur Gradwell
Name:
Frederick Arthur Gradwell
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
25 Jun 1904
Baptism Date:
17 Jul 1904
Baptism Place:
St. James, Ashted, Warwick, England
Father:
Edward Gradwell
Mother:
Charlotte Gradwell
FHL Film Number:
1545522
Reference ID:
item 3 p 132
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Source Information:
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Birth:
registered in Aston, Vol 6d, page 251
Died:
Queensway General Hospital
Frederick married PRYOR Ellen (Eleanor) Mabel on 22 Jun 1927 in St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London. Ellen (daughter of PRYOR Albert Newton and KEMBLE Nellie (Nana)) was born on 14 Mar 1903 in 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England; was christened on 19 May 1903 in Wandsworth Saint Anne; died on 16 Jan 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 20 Jan 1993 in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Etobicoke, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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