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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): Orlando Cyril

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 51575

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 22nd (Service) Battalion. (7th City)

Division: 7th Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1917-10-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XX. F. 15A.

CWGC Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: CAUTLEY, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Orlando Cyril Garnett was the son of John William and Ellen Garnett, née Stockdale. John was born at Kendal and Ellen at Barbon, Westmorland. Orlando was the cousin of Private Thomas Birkett Stockdale (25066) (q.v.).

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Kings Arms Yard - Orlando C. Garnett, aged 2 years, born Sedbergh, son of John Wm and Ellen Garnett.

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Gateside, Dowbiggin - Orlando Cyril Garnett, aged 12 years, born Sedbergh, son of John William and Ellen Garnett.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Orlands [sic] Cyril Garnett, 51575, Manchester Regiment.

The informal title of the 22nd (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment (7th City) was the 7th Manchester Pals.

A short biography of Orlando is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

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

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Private Orlando Cyril GARNETT

Private Orlando Cyril GARNETT

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Manchester Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Manchester Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division

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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): Orlando Cyril

Born: Sedbergh, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Sedbergh

Number: 51575

Rank: Private

Regiment: Manchester Regiment

Battalion: 22nd Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 04/10/17

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

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Surname: GARNETT

Forename(s): Orlando Cyril

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 51575

Rank: Private

Regiment: Manchester Regiment

Unit: 22nd Bn.

Age: 19

Awards:

Died Date: 04/10/1917

Additional Information: Son of John William and Ellen Garnett, of Burnt Mill, Cautley, Sedbergh, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: A BRAVE AND LOVING SON NEVER FORGOT)

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‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (13 October 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – KILLED IN ACTION

GARNETT, Pte. Orlando. News has been received that Pte. O. Garnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Garnett, of Burnt Mill, Cautley, has been killed in action. He was 19 years of age.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (20 October 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

GARNETT – Died of wounds in France, on the 4th inst., Pte. Orlando Cyril, Manchesters, well beloved and eldest son of John William and Ellen Garnett, Burnt Mill, Sedbergh, aged 19 years.

He died a hero’s death.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (27 October 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

CAUTLEY

There was a large congregation at St. Mark’s Church, Cautley, on Sunday, when a memorial service in memory of the late Pte. Orlando Cyril Garnett was held. Pte. Garnett, who was attached to the Manchesters, went into action on October 3rd, when he was wounded so severely that he never recovered consciousness, and died the following day. The service was taken by the vicar, the Rev. W.J. Dickinson, the special hymns being ‘Fight the good fight,’ ‘Thy way, not mine, O Lord,’ ‘Take my life and let it be,’ and ‘Abide with me.’ Before the service the organist played ‘O rest in the Lord,’ and at the close the Dead March. The vicar, speaking from the text, “He giveth his beloved sleep,” alluded to the fact that Pte. Garnett had been a member of the Sunday School and choir ever since he became vicar, and he had prepared him for his confirmation and first Communion. Only a few weeks ago he was with them at that service. Pte. Garnett was always keen, alert and eager, doing with energy whatever he set his hand to do. When the war broke out he longed for the time when he could enlist and chafed at the delay in receiving his papers, and when the call at last came and he might have gone to India, his choice was France, and even then, when he might have had another leave to visit home, he volunteered to make up a draft for the front. So, ever, and all along, he showed the same keenness to do his bit. As one who knew him intimately and under whom he served at Sedbergh wrote to his parents, “He had the courage and the spirit of the men who have won the Victoria Cross.” Pte. Garnett was only 19 years of age.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (5 October 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

GARNETT – In fond and loving memory of Pte Orlando C. Garnett, died of wounds October 4th, 1917, aged 19 years, buried at Lyssenthoek Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium, elder son of J. William and Ellen Garnett, Brunt Mill, Sedbergh, and grandson of Isabella and the late Thomas Stockdale, Greenwood Hall, Dowbiggin.

For those, our dearest and our best,
O, fold them closer to Thy mercy’s breast.

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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

CWGC Headstone

Courtesy of David Shackleton

Mourning Card

Mourning Card

Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society

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26 October 1917

SEDBERGH – IN MEMORIAM

There was a large congregation at St. Mark’s Church, Cautley, on Sunday, when a memorial service in the memory of the late Private Orlando Cyril Garnett was held. Pte. Garnett, who was attached to the
Manchesters, went into action on October 3rd when he was wounded so severely that he never recovered consciousness and died the following day. His body was laid to rest with full military honours in the Lissenthwaite Military Cemetery, Belgium. The service was taken by the Vicar, the Rev. W. J. Dickinson. Before the service the organist played ‘O rest in the Lord’, and at the close the Dead March. Private Garnett was only 19 years of age.

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