John(Jack) REARDON
16th Feb 18981,2 - Jul 19772
Life History
16th Feb 1898 |
Born in Stepney, London.1,2 1c 389 lists June quarter. Exact date from Pat Wombwell |
1901 |
Recorded in census in Whites Stables, Troon Street, Ratcliff.3 RG13/ 318 f 43 p 10 |
between 1914 and 1918 |
War service.2 Won Belgian Croix de Guerre - awarded on battlefield by King Leopold. Presented to RAF museum when he died. |
Apr 1926 |
St Mary's Church, Torquay |
Apr 1926 |
Married Hilda Dorothea BATER in Torquay, Devon.4 |
Jul 1977 |
Died in Leatherhead, Surrey.2 from his daughter Pat Wombwell |
Other facts
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Religion b. Catholic, grew up C of E Pat (daughter) says he was excommunicated from Catholic Church when he joined the Freemasons. |
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Birth of daughter Beryl Mary REARDON |
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Birth of daughter Patricia(Pat) Betty Jane REARDON |
Notes
- info about John Reardon and Pat and Beryl's families from: Pat and Beryl Nov 03 (from Christine Jackson)
John (Jack) Reardon:
bd: 16 February, 1898 - White Brothers Stable Yard, etc.
dd: July, 1977 - Leatherhead, Surrey
ed: won Scholarship: Christ's Hospital School - but place not taken up as it would have cost £80. per year
Religion: RC - Excommunicated when he became a Freemason
occ: (will ask Pat when I see her)
1914-18: Forces: France & Belgium: Trenches
Awarded: Croix de Guerre - presented on the Battlefield by King Leopold of Belgium. Mentioned in Dispatches. Joined Royal Flying Corps (Radio) (NB: medals now in RAF Museum)
1898: White Brothers Stable Yard, Troon Street, Shadwell & Ratcliff, Stepney, London
125 White Horse Road, Stepney
1914-18: France & Belgium
Penzance, Cornwall
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Torquay, Devon (based at St. Erth)
Hayle, Cornwall
Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire (based at Hanslope Park)
Leatherhead, Surrey
md: April, 1926 - St. Mary Church, Church, Torquay, Devon
Sources
- 1. Free BMD
- 2. Family memory
- 3. 1901 Census
- 4. Christine Jackson family tree