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 1857 - 1906 (~ 48 years)
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| Name |
John Charles GREGORY |
| Christened |
10 Nov 1857 |
Faversham, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
Jun 1906 |
Faversham, Kent, England |
| Died |
1 Jun 1906 |
Faversham, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I2446 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
George GREGORY, c. 16 Aug 1829, Faversham, Kent, England |
| Mother |
Hannah APPLETON, b. Sep Qtr 1837, Whitstable, Kent, England |
| Married |
25 Apr 1855 |
Faversham, Kent, England [1] |
| Family ID |
F1040 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ellen HEALEY, b. Abt 1862, Brentwood, Essex, England , d. 23 Feb 1906, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 44 years) |
| Married |
29 Mar 1885 |
Faversham, Kent, England [2] |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1046 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- GREGORY, ROSE EDITH HEELEY
GRO Reference: 1886 M Quarter in FARNHAM Volume 02A Page 109
Served 10th Hussars as a musician at age 15 years, 11 months. Was sent to East Indies and to Sudan before being declared unfit for duty in 1893.
John Gregory enlisted in the 10th Hussars on the 21st May 1875 at Canterbury. His habits and conduct in service were described as regular, very good and temperate. He was 5 feet 3 inches tall with brown hair and fair muscular development. His pulse was recorded as 76 beats per minutes with 17 inspirations. There were no small pox marks and a vaccination mark when he was vaccinated as an infant. He was re-vaccinated on 31 May 1875 with a perfect result.
At home from 22 May 1875 to 10 Dec 1879 being 3 yrs and 203 days
at East Indies from 11 Dec 1879 to 18 Feb 1884 being 4 years and 70 days
at Sudan from 19 Feb 1884 to 21 Apr 1884 being 63 days
back at home from 22 Apr 1884 to 23 Jun 1893 being 9 years and 63 days.
He received the Soudan Medal Clasp El Feb. Tamaai Khedives Star but was not wounded during that campaign in 1884. John was found to have valve disease of the heart, contracted in and caused by his service as a soldier (vide AFB248).
John had been educated at the School of Musketry, Hythe and received his certificate in December 1884. Gymnastics at Aldershot and received an Instructors Certificate. Certificates of Education being Second Class.
He had his fair share of medical problems during his service, Fever in June and July of 1880; Gonorhea and Diarrhea while at Lucknow during 1881 and then Dysentry in 1882. In 1889 he was diagnosed with dilation of the left side of the heart while serving at Cork, Ireland.
He was promoted 3 times, first to Corporal on 31 May 1882; to Sergeant on 22 April 1884 and lastly to SIF on 8 Dec 1885.
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- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148-1886149, Entry #491, 1855, Faversham, Kent, 25 Apr 1855.
Married April 25, 1855, George Gregory, 25, mariner, residence at Faversham, father Thomas William Gregory, mariner, to Hannah Appleton, 17, no occupation, residence at Faversham, father Richard Appleton, dredger. Witnesses: William and Matilda Packer.
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148-1886149, Book #4, Entry #419Faversham, Kent, 29 Mar 1885.
Married March 29, 1885, John Gregory, bachelor, 27, Sergeant at Arms, residence at Faversham, father George Gregory, mariner, to Ellen Healey, spinster, 23, no occupation, residence at Stoke Newington, London, father Isaac Healey, gardener. Witnesses: W. A. Bagg and W. H. Divers.
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