GUMMETT Family History
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Philip Archer GUMMET
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c1902 |
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born
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12 Jun 1893 65, Elwood Street, Islington London (PCG) bapt 18 May 1913 Church of the Sacred Heart, Eden Grove, Holloway, London (cert) |
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married
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17 Jul 1920 Church of the Sacred Heart, Eden Grove, Holloway, Islington (cert) spouse
Mary Flavella CONNOR |
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died
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16 Nov 1976 Oldchurch hospital, Romford,
Essex (PCG) buried
Barkingside Cemetery, Essex
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Addresses
17 Jul 1920 28,
St Thomas' Road, Finsbury Park, London
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Occupations 1911
census Pastry Cook Apprentice WW1 Served in Egypt as a Driver (Royal Engineers) reg no 70294 See Philip's Medal record card 17 Jul 1920 French Polisher 25 Apr 1921
French Polisher, pianoforte and cabinet work for C FELLOWS of 8, Trinity Road, Wood Green, French Polishing Contractor (cen) Butler Gasworker 29 Sep 1939 School Caretaker (1939 register) |
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| Philip's mother died when he was just twelve years old.
His father married again quite soon afterwards. Phil was more or less brought up by his older sisters. He left school aged 12,
and did a variety of jobs, including time with a Tailor where he slept under the counter at night!
He joined the Army aged 16, and was just time to line the route of the Funeral Procession of King Edward VII in 1910. He left the Army soon after but was soon involved in the First World War, in 1914. He learned to Ride a Horse and became a Driver of a Cable Laying Wagon with the Royal Engineers. He was soon shipped out to Egypt to take part in the Gallipoli Campaign which was intended to ship War Supplies through the Dardenelles, into th eBlack Sea to help the Russians, who were also at war with Germany. It was impossible to get Philip's wagon and horses ashore! - too rocky coast! So he returned to Egypt, but was then sent to France and Germany to help finish the War there! Returned home in 1919. In 1920 he Married Mary Flavella Connor in Holloway, and eventually set up home in a new Housing Development in Becontree, East London. They had Four Sons and One Daughter. As a Family we kept in close and regular contact with Phil's Sister May, her Husband Harry and their only Daughter Peggy. His sister Violet never married and lived with May and Harry in Finsbury Park (London). Sister Rosina (Aunt Daisy) lived nearby with Husband Jim and Daughter Betty. Florence the eldest had married years earlier, and was rarely seen, as her family grew! Her eldest daughter was IVY who did keep in touch with her Aunts, and Phil's Family, when we all met at Christmas time, in Finsbury Park (May's Home). (KVG) Philip had never ridden a horse before he joined the army and he became very attached to his horses. He was in the Royal Engineers (Signal Section) from 1914 - 1919. After finishing his training, he was sent to Egypt for the Gallipoli campaign, then in 1915 went to the western front in France where he served until end of war, whereupon he was sent into Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. During the war, radio/wireless was still very much in its infancy and the army had to rely mainly on a cable network to send messages. Philip's Signal Section's job was to lay and maintain these cables, quite a job I would think as the front line moved kept moving (as the army advanced or retreated) and cables were being cut by shell fire. (AAG) > One grandson remarked in 2022 "He was a wonderful man and I have fond memories of his enthusiastically playing ragtime on the piano, teaching me to draw horses, and how to play solitaire… but also sitting quiet, upright and in the corner, whenever Grandma was in the room. She was a formidable woman… a trait I think, inherited by my sibling Sisters, of course ❤ " Another responded "Could add walks to the nearby railway bridge, with views to the Geest banana depot, to watch steam engines, of many types." |
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