Boreham Wood war memorial

Gordon SQUIRES

Birth Name SQUIRES, Gordon
Gender male
Age at Death 28 years, 2 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 13 January 1889 Haddenham, Camb.   1a 2a 3a
Christening 6 May 1894 Byfleet, Surrey   4a
Death 10 April 1917 France   4b 5a 6a
School Records 1896 Elstree Herts   7a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Joseph SQUIRESabout 1848poss 1916
Mother Susan Maria MOULEabout 1847
    Brother     Herbert W SQUIRES about 1868
    Brother     Walter Wiseman SQUIRES about 1868
    Sister     Clara SQUIRES about 1870
    Brother     Ernest SQUIRES 1871
    Brother     William SQUIRES about 1873
    Sister     Rosina SQUIRES about 1874
    Brother     Frederick William SQUIRES about 1875
    Brother     Edward SQUIRES about 1876
    Sister     Nellie SQUIRES 16 May 1880 poss 1913
    Sister     Ada SQUIRES about 1882
    Brother     Arthur Joseph SQUIRES 13 January 1883
    Brother     Harry SQUIRES 1 August 1885 21 April 1956
         Gordon SQUIRES 13 January 1889 10 April 1917
    Brother     Sidney SQUIRES 13 January 1889
    Brother     Frank SQUIRES 29 May 1891 23 September 1954

Families

Family of Gordon SQUIRES and Florence Edith LOVEDAY
Married Wife Florence Edith LOVEDAY ( * 11 June 1889 + poss 1967 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 25 May 1912 South Weston, Oxon.   8a
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
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Source References

  1. 1911 Census
      • Citation:

        Name: Gordon Squires
        Age in 1911: 22
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
        Relation to Head: Son (Child)
        Gender: Male
        Birth Place: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
        Civil Parish: Elstree
        County/Island: Middlesex
        Country: England
        Street address: The Stables, Hillside, Borehamwood So, Elstree, Herts
        Marital Status: Single
        Occupation: Wooden Box Maker
        Registration district: Barnet
        Registration District Number: 131
        Sub-registration district: South Mimms
        ED, institution, or vessel: 2
        Household schedule number: 99
        Piece: 7130
        Household Members:
        Name Age
        Joseph Squires 63
        Susan Maria Squires 64
        Sidney Squires 22
        Gordon Squires 22
        Frank Squires 19

  2. 1901 census
      • Citation:

        Name: Gordon Squires
        Age: 12
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
        Relation to Head: Son (Child)
        Gender: Male
        Father: Joseph Squires
        Mother: Maria Squires
        Birth Place: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
        Civil Parish: Elstree
        Ecclesiastical parish: Elstree
        Town: Elstree
        County/Island: Hertfordshire
        Country: England
        Street address:

        Occupation:

        Condition as to marriage:

        Education:

        Employment status:

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        Registration district: Barnet
        Sub-registration district: South Mimms
        ED, institution, or vessel: 1
        Neighbors: View others on page
        Piece: 1229
        Folio: 9
        Page Number: 10
        Household schedule number: 56
        Household Members:
        Name Age
        Joseph Squires 53
        Maria Squires 54
        Nellie Squires 20
        Arthur Squires 18
        Harry Squires 15
        Sidney Squires 12
        Gordon Squires 12
        Frank Squires 9
        Elizabeth Squires 76

  3. Baptism
      • Citation:

        NOTE - Ancestry transcription has wrong birth date - correct is 13 Jan 1889
        Name: Gordon Squires
        Birth Date: 18 Jun 1889
        Baptism Date: 6 May 1894
        Archive Provided Parish: Byfleet, St Mary
        Parish as it Appears: Byfleet
        Father: Joseph Squires
        Mother: Susan Maria Squires
        Reference Number: BY/4/2

  4. Ancestry
      • Citation:

        Name: Gordon Squires
        Birth Date: 18 Jun 1889
        Baptism Date: 6 May 1894
        Archive Provided Parish: Byfleet, St Mary
        Parish as it Appears: Byfleet
        Father: Joseph Squires
        Mother: Susan Maria Squires
        Reference Number: BY/4/2

      • Citation:

        Name: Gordon Squires
        Birth Place: North Mimms, Middlesex
        Residence: Boreham Wood, Herts
        Death Date: 10 Apr 1917
        Death Place: France and Flanders
        Enlistment Place: Willesden, Middlesex
        Rank: L Corporal
        Regiment: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment
        Battalion: 13th Battalion
        Regimental Number: G/42128
        Type of Casualty: Killed in action
        Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

  5. CWGC
      • Citation:

         

        Rank:
        Lance Corporal
        Service No:
        42128
        Date of Death:
        10/04/1917
        Age:
        28
        Regiment/Service:
        Middlesex Regiment

        13th Bn.
        Grave Reference:
        I. B. 2.
        Cemetery:
        FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE
        Additional Information:
        Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Squires; husband of Florence Edith Aylott (formerly Squires), of 5, Malden Rd., Boreham Wood, Herts.

  6. Soldiers Wills
      • Citation:

        SQUIRES GORDON G/42128 10 April 1917

  7. FindMyPast
      • Citation:

        First name(s) Gordon
        Last name Squires
        Year 1896
        Entry date 23 Oct 1896
        School name Elstree, St Nicholas School
        Town Elstree
        County Hertfordshire
        Country England
        Book type Log
        Archive name Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
        Archive reference HEd1/199/2
        Folio / page no. -
        Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914
        Category Education & work
        Subcategory Schools & education
        Collections from Great Britain

  8. PR Transcript
      • Citation:

        25 May 1912
        SQUIRES Gordon, 23, bach, packing case maker of Borehamwood Elstree, s of Joseph Balif.
        LOVEDAY Florence Edith, 22, sp, d of Reuben, gardner.
        wit Florence AYLOTT and Harry LOVEDAY