Perth Digger Posted 9 April , 2011 Share Posted 9 April , 2011 This case has arisen as a result of Llew kindly sending me sections of the 1/Leics' War Diary that are of interest to me. The issue is: which Gardner died on that date? According to the WD, it was 2nd Lt JG Gardner who DOW on 26/9/1916. But the CWGC and Officers who Died in the Great War don’t mention him. They do, however, mention a 2nd Lt William James Gardner, 1/Leics, DOW 26/9/1916, attached from the West Yorkshire Regiment. I can’t find a MIC for J G Gardner, either W. Yorks or Leics. But I did find a MIC for a 2nd Lt William J Gardner, former Sgt, Coldstream Guards (he’s mentioned in the WD). He was commissioned into the Leicesters on 23/12/1915 (he’d gone to France with the Coldstreams on 8/12/1914). His MIC does not mention his death, but when a Miss March applies for his medals on behalf of his mother, presumably postwar, he had died. Now for the REALLY confusing bit. There is also a MIC for a D.G. Gardner, former CQMS in the Coldstreams, who became a 2nd Lt in the Leicesters. The MIC is stamped 1914-15 at the top, but no date is given for his commission. It also states that he went to France on 8 December 1916. This is wrong, because it also says that he DOW 26/9/1916. The France date should be 8 December 1914, like WJ Gardner’s, I think. So, either there is a MIC for J G Gardner which will solve this (which I can’t find); or the clerks have put the date of death on the wrong MIC; or the CWGC has the wrong bloke. This last I doubt, but where else might I find out that J G Gardner, ex-West Yorks, really existed? And who was D G Gardner? Thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 10 April , 2011 Share Posted 10 April , 2011 4100 CQMS W J Gardner comm Leics 23.12.15 - dow 26.9.16 from Coldstream Guards 1914-1918 MIC shows france 8.12.14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 10 April , 2011 Author Share Posted 10 April , 2011 Thanks, Coldstreamer, I'd just checked the same source myself. I couldn't find the D.G Gardner, could you? Unless WG Gardner went from the Coldstreams to the W. Yorks and then to the Leicesters, the CWGC entry is incorrect. According to the 1/Leicester War Diary, 2/Lt W. Gardner was, by 1 September 1916, attached to the 18th Infantry Brigade. That was where the 1/West Yorks were at the time. Mke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 10 April , 2011 Share Posted 10 April , 2011 Seems like a few typos made by the clerks - can only find this Gardner in the Coldstream records DG Gardner MIC doesnt show any page numbers though for the roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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