William – Garrod – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 08/05/1915
Title
William – Garrod – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 08/05/1915
Initials / forenames
William
Surname
Garrod
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, B Company
Military rank
Private
Military number
15259
Railway department
Ipswich Lower Goods Yard
Railway job
Pointsman
Date died
08/05/1915
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine March 1916, pg 86; (Photo - Great Eastern Railway Magazine March 1917 Supplement 1, pg 1.)
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Notes
Aged 23, son of Mr W. & Mrs M. A. Garrod of High St, Bramford, Ipswich. He enlisted in August 1914, joining the Royal Army Medical Corps, which he later voluntarily transferred from. Garrod was reported as missing, but it was later presumed that he had been killed in action.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
22/08/2016
Last updated
22/08/2016
Citation
“William – Garrod – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 08/05/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 15, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/55830.