John Thomas Gander

Rank 
Private
Regiment 
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Date of death 
1 November 1914
Age of death 
26
Address 
21 Orchard Avenue
Barking
BDG
Postcode unknown
Address source 
1901 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
Belgium
Biography 

John Thomas Gander was born in 1889, and lived in and around Barking and Ilford. In 1901, John was recorded as living at 21 Orchard Avenue in Barking. By 1911, John was stationed in India as part of the 1st Royal Sussex Regiment.

At the outbreak of war, John was a private in the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) Battalion of the Line Cavalry. He was killed on 1st November 1914 on the Western Front and was awarded the Victory Medal (1914 Star) posthumously; the medal card reads ‘missing presumed dead’ and is dated 1st November 1914. John’s body was never recovered but his name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. John was 25 at the time of his death.

Research by Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com