Kneebone, Gerald

Rank:

Trooper

Regiment:

Sherwood Foresters

Regimental No. & Battalion

307581/ 307587

Status:

Demobbed


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Research Notes

From Gerald Kneebones's Service Record
Address Tor View Crich; Derbyshire Yeomanry, 5th Sherwood Foresters Regt. 2990; attested 19/11/15; demobbed 14/02/19; 1/8 Sherwood Y; born 1890; address Lodge Hall Farm, Wingfield Park; age 25 years 3 days; height 5ft 5½in; weight 132 lb; Joined 3/1 Derbyshire Yeomanry Reg No 2990; next of kin Ellen Kneebone (wife) married 07/12/16 at Pentrich; joined unit in the field 12/01/17 1/8th Sherwood Foresters; granted profcy Pay Class 1 and good conduct badge on 19/11/17; John Kneebone (father) of Tor View Crich

1901 Census: Crich Common

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
John Kneebone Head 40 Gritstone quarryman Crich
Emily   wife 37   Kaythorpe, Notts
Gerald   adopted son 10   Crich
Edward Bennett boarder (wdwr) 35 Railway Clerk Derby
Frederick Bennett boarder 13   Derby
George Ferguson boarder 26 Railway Clerk Derby
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1911 Census: Crich

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
John Kneebone Head 51 Gardener domestic Crich
Emily   wife 47   Kaythorpe, Notts
Gerald   son 20 Shop assistant, grocers Crich
George Vincent Ferguson boarder 36 Clerk Derby
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