When Granville Harry Wingfield was born in January 1893 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, his father, Henry, was 30 and his mother, Sybil, was 27. He had one brother and two sisters. He died on July 12, 1916, in France, at the age of 23, and was buried in Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium.

 

Birth

Granville Harry Wingfield was born in January 1893 in Bedford, Bedfordshire to Sybil Mary Kerr Pechell, age 27, and Henry Jocelyn Wingfield, age 30.

Birth of Brother

Granville Harry’s brother Bryan F was born about 1894, in Turvey, Bedfordshire when Granville Harry was 1 year old.

Residence

Granville Harry Wingfield lived in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, in 1901.

Relation to Head: Son

1901 • Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England

 

 

 

Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Granville Harry Wingfield would have celebrated the coronation of King Edward VII at Westminster Abbey while living in the United Kingdom in 1902.

The Scout Association

In 1911, Granville Harry Wingfield may have become a member of The Scout Association while living in Longhope, Gloucestershire.

 

Name:	Granville Harry Wingfield
Age in 1911:	18
Estimated birth year:	abt 1893
Gender:	Male
Birth Place:	Bedfordshire
Civil Parish:	Longhope
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County/Island:	Gloucestershire
Country:	England
Street address:	Bradley Court, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire
Marital Status:	Single
Occupation:	Agricultural student
Registration district:	Westbury on Severn
Registration District Number:	323
Sub-registration district:	Newnham
ED, institution, or vessel:	6
Piece:	15214
Household Members:	Name Age William Hunter Gandy 43 Winnie Simmond 15 Gertrude Emma Gandy 39 Isabel Grace Portman 19 Arthur Bernard Williams 26 Bernard Baker 23 Harry Ellison 36 Robert Eastoe Abbott 24 John Edward Burt 19 John Hartshorn Cooper 16 Alexander Bolton 16 Clifford Richardson Crompton 18 Gordon Noel Colman Dalziel 18 Raymond Watts Gorton 16 Gerald Frederick Hawkins 17 Arthur Noel Vernon Hill Lowe 18 Archibald Charles Stuart Mac Laren 18 Jack Martin 21 Edward Gordon Hadwen Mason 16 Arthur Charles Lair Carlisle Morrell 16 Richard Hampson New 19 Gerald Arthur Langley Ellison 15 Arthur Holland 17 Acton Francis Pelly 16 Richard Gambier Parry 17 William Ernest Spencer Robb 16 Alfred Maxwell Kitter 17 Walter Bracey Shute 22 Thomas Maurice Winter Sheppard 17 Louis Souchon 19 Frederick Arthur Schneider 19 John Edward Durrant Shaw 17 Charles Albany Stevenson 22 Alan Gordon Stewart 17 Wilfred Ernest Herbert King 18 Franklin Herbert Worlledge 18 Granville Harry Wingfield 18 Jacques Thudichum 17 Harold Henry Aloysius Trafford 19 Geoffrey Charles Wrigley 19 Bessie Knight 40

 

Military

Granville Harry Wingfield served in the military in 1914 when he was 21 years old.

1914-1920

 

 

the next record was recorded in France, where he unfortunately died.

 

 

Death

Granville Harry Wingfield died on July 12, 1916, in France, when he was 23 years old.

12 Jul 1916 • France

 

Birth:	unknown
Death:	Jul. 12, 1916 FRANCE
Note:UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Second Lieutenant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Age: 23.
Burial: Berks Cemetery Extension Comines-Warneton Arrondissement de Mouscron Hainaut, Belgium Plot: I. E. 3.

 

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Name:	Glanville Harry Wingfield
Death Date:	12 Jul 1916
Rank:	2 Lieutenant
Regiment:	King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion:	18th Battalion
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action