BORN HULL 1880. SON OF FREDERICK EDWARD GARNISS (1862-1911) & ALICE STONEWALL (1858-1932). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS – MINNIE, HERBERT, ALICE, AND GRACE.
HE TRAVELED TO VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA IN 1900 AND WAS LIVING IN BRISBANE ON 17/04/1907. THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK ON 27/10/1911.
HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND WHEN WAR BEGAN. ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, JOINING AS TROOPER, 21131, DRAGOON GUARD. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN THE PERSIAN GULF, MESOPOTANIA ON 13/01/1916, AGED 36. HE IS BURIED AT BASRA.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, ALICE.
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
19131
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/01/1916
Place died:
Basra War Memorial, Iraq
Age:
36
