Charles Henry Ganderton		Return
Private Men of the Guernsey Light Infantry 26th October 1918. Charles Henry Ganderton Service Number: 3887 Regiment & Unit/Battalion Regiment Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 2nd Reserve Battalion Date of Death 1979 Aged 80 Buried or commemorated at St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard. Broadwas, Worcestershire. Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry Ganderton. Family history Thomas Henry Ganderton married, Emmeline Edith Smith, December qtr., 1898, Worcester district. There son Charles Henry Ganderton was born on the 19th November 1899, and they lived at Stone Farm, in Broadwas. By the 1911 census Charles was 11 years old, and they had four more children; Albert Ganderton, aged 9; Frederick Ganderton, aged 7; Winifred Ganderton, aged 6; [all at school] and Carrie Ganderton, aged 2. Charles became a waggoner, on the farm. He then joined the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry on 24th May 1918, [he was only 5ft 43/4in tall], and gave his father Thomas Harry Ganderton as his next of kin. He finished in service on the 20th Setember 1919. In the 1939 Reg: Charles H. Ganderton - b. 19th November 1899 - Farmer, single. Albert E. Ganderton - b. 28th September 1901 - Tractor Driver, and Cowman, assisting his rother. Winifred E. Ganderton - b. 12th December 1904 - House Keeper assisting father. Emmeline E. Ganderton - b. 18th June 1872 - Incapacitated; Widow. Charles married Florence Irene Harris, in 1942, Bromyard, Herefordshire. Charles died in 1979 and Florence in 2004 Their grave stone at St. Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Broadwas, Worcestershire. HISTORY INFORMATION 2nd (Reserve) Battalion Formed by the Militia in 1916 and remained in Guernsey. The Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey August 1914: this regiment incorporated three full battalions of infantry, all based on the island. 8th August 1918 After retreating in the face of the German's attacks in March, the 100 Days Offensive [the final period of the War] commences. During this time the Allies launch a series of offensives on the Western Front from 8 August to 11 November 1918. It begins with the Battle of Amiens and breaks the deadlock of trench warfare. From this point on the fighting will range across open French countryside and will essentially push the Germans out of France. 'Our Boys' Return Home 22nd May 1919 The SS Lydia enters St. Peter Port. She carries with her the survivors of the RGLI returning home from the Great War. The final cost is huge on such a small community.