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John William GARNETT

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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): John William

Place of Birth: Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire

Service No: 15707

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Battalion / Unit: 147th Coy

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1916-07-25

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. C. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

John William Garnett was the son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett, née Smith and brother of Private Norman Garnett (40061) (q.v.). Their father was born at Carleton-in-Craven and mother at Lothersdale, Yorkshire.

1901 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 6, Chapel Street - John W. Garnett, aged 3 years, born Carleton, son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett.

1911 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 5, Oxford Terrace - John W. Garnett, aged 13 years, born Carleton, son of Amos and Rebecca Garnett.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John W. Garnett, 22441, Scottish Rifles & 15707, Machine Gun Corps.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John William Garnett, 15707, 147 M G Coy M.G.C. Date and Place of Death: 25.7.16. France or Belgium. In action To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Amos. £3 12s. 11d.

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

GARNETT, Wm. John, aged 18, Scottish Rifles, son of Mr. Amos Garnett, of Chapel Street, [Carleton], killed in action July 25, 1916.

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Private John William GARNETT

Private John William GARNETT

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): John William

Born: Carlton, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Nelson, Lancs

Number: 15707

Rank: Private

Regiment: Machine Gun Corps

Battalion: (Infantry)

Decorations:

Died Date: 25/07/18 [sic]

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 22441, Scot. Rif.

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): J W

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 15707

Rank: Private

Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Unit: 147th Coy.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 25/07/1916

Additional Information:

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Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille

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St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven

St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven

Family gravestone

St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven

St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven

Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription

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11 August 1916

GARNETT – July 25th, 1916, killed in action in France, Pte. John Wm. Garnett, of the Scottish Rifles, son of Mr. Amos Garnett, Chapel Street, Carleton, aged 19 years.

11 August 1916

TWO CARLETON SOLDIERS KILLED – PRIVATE J. W. GARNETT

Private John William Garnett, who was apparently killed during a heavy bombardment by the Germans on Tuesday, July 25th, was the son of Mr. Amos Garnett, of Chapel Street, Carleton. He was only nineteen years of age, and enlisted in the Scottish Rifles at Nelson, where he had been working as a carter.

The first news of his death came in a letter written by another Carleton lad, Private Wilby Smith, to his mother, in which occurred the following sentence:– “I am sorry to tell you J. W. Garnett has been killed.”

Later, confirmation of his death was received in a letter sent by Pte. H. Thompson, of the 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, to his wife at Foxcroft Terrace, Carleton, who stated that Pte. Garnet was killed on July 25th, during a heavy bombardment by the enemy, and that he (the writer) had been talking to deceased a day or two previously when he seemed as happy as a king.

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11 August 1916

GARNETT – July 25th, in action in France, Pte. John Wm. Garnett, of the Scottish Rifles, of Carleton, aged 19.

11 August 1916

CRAVEN’S LOSSES IN THE WAR

Private John William Garnett, of the Scottish Rifles, and son of Mr. Amos Garnett, of Chapel Street, Carleton, is also reported to have been killed in action. Pte. Garnett, who was only 19 years of age, was residing in Nelson when war broke out, where he was employed as a labourer.

Pte. Herbert Thompson, of the 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, in a letter to his wife, who resides at No. 6 Foxcroft Terrace, Carleton, states:– “No doubt you will have heard the sad news regarding John William Garnett. He was killed during a heavy bombardment on Tuesday afternoon July 25th, by the Germans, on our trenches. I was talking to him a day or two before, and he seemed as happy as a king."

Pte. W. Smith, another Carleton soldier, in a letter to his mother, states that he was sorry to inform her that Pte. Garnett had been killed in action.

04 October 1918

Carleton Soldier’s Death in India

Mrs. Norman Garnett, of Chapel Street, Carleton, has received information from the Record Office at York, saying that her husband, Pte. Norman Garnett, has died at Sialkot in India. The cause of death was abcesses on the liver. Pte. Garnett was 29 years of age, and was called to the colours about two years ago, when he was drafted to the 1st Yorkshire Regiment. After his training course he was drafted out to India. Mrs. Garnett has received messages of sympathy from the King and Queen, and also from the Army Council. When Pte. Garnett was called to the colours he was employed at Carla Beck by Mr. J.A. Slingsby. He had a brother, Pte. J.W. Garnett, who was killed in France early in the war.

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