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Note: He is shown as 30 on his marriage record in 27 April 1892, but as 18 in 1881 census. So he might have been born between 1861-1863. His Canadian enlistment documents show his DOB as September 20th 1868 (perhaps to appear under 50 if that was the cut off age for enlisting).
Vanished to Canada a year after marriage, when his business failed. Met daughter at railway station in London when soldier and on his way to France (WW1). Rumor has it she gave quite a telling off.
All three brothers were quite rich shipping people in Liverpool, but a ship was lost with grain or cotton and all family lost money.
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/32478071/person/18267969320/facts Ancestry.com shows 1892 Marriage B H Garnett and Helena McLachlan. Attached Bertram Henry Garnett (born 1853) Perhaps himself.
Residence 1881 Walton on Hill, Lancashire, England
Residence 1891 Walton On The Hill, Lancashire, England
On Helena's marriage record, the date is twenty seventh April 1892, at St Margarets Church. Airdrie. Helena's age is shown as 30, her residence as Viewfield House, Coatbridge, her mother is shown as Mary McAleese, her father as Henry McLachlan, acountant (desceased).
Her husband as BH Garnett, Corn Broker. Aged 30. Residence Firgrove House, Aintree, Liverpool, England. His farther as John Garnett, Corn Merchant, his mother as Kate Stanton .
J R Garnet Witness
HM Kuleke Witness
By John A Macquire RC Clergyman Vicar General of Arch. Diocese of Glasgow
District of Aridrie, County of Lanak
When and where registred 1992, May 2, Airdrie
Information from http://person.ancestry.com/tree/32478071/person/18267969320/facts by Taisie22
Bertram Henry Garnett
The main details from a photocopy of enlisting documents for WWI
242 BATTALION C.E.F. (Canadian Expeditionary Force)
242 OVERSEAS BATTALION
ATTESTATION PAPER No1049135
CANADIAN OVER-SEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
NameGarnett, Bertram Henry
What is your permanent address? Cranbrook, B.C.
Townn
born? Liverpool, England
What is the name of your next-of kin? Helena Garnet
What is the address of your next-of kin? 4 Montgomery Quadret, Kelvinside, Glasgow
What is the the relationship of your next-of kin? Wife
What is the date of your birth? September 20th 1868
What is your trade or Calling? Clerk
Have you served in any Military force? Yes, Home Guard 107
DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY MAN ON ATTESTATION
I Bertram Henry Garnett
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Signature
Date 23 September 1916
OATH TO BE TAKEN BY MAN ON ATTESTATION
I Bertram Henry Garnett do make Oath, that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors and that I will as in duty bound honestly and faithfully defend His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Person, Crown and Dignity, against all enemies, and will observe and obey all orders of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and of all the Generals and Officers set over me. So help me God.
Date 23 September 1916
CERTIFICATE OF MAGISTRATE
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M.F.W. 23
200M.-11-15
H.Q 1772-39-841
Description of Bertram Henry Garnett on Enlistment
Apparent age 45
Height 5ft 9½ ins
Girth when fully expanded 35ins
Range expansion 3 ins
Complexion Ruddy
Eyes
Brown
Hair..Grey
Religion
Roman Catholic
Distinctive marks
Scare each side of ankle
CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL EXANIMATION
I consider him Fit for Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force
23 September 1916
Place
Cranbroook, B.C.
242nd Battalion, CEF
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 242nd Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting sometime in mid-1916 in Montreal and the surrounding district. The unit was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps while still in Canada. The 242nd Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. J. B. White.
References
Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/242nd_Battalion,_CEF
242nd Infantry Battalion: Canadian Forestry Battalion
http://www.niagarahistorical.museum/media/03.C.E.F.-ABriefHistorycopy.pdf
http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_09040/1?r=0&s=1
Canadian Forestry Corps
https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/corpsbranches/forestrycorps.htm
Initial creation: 14 November 1916 Disbanded: 1920 Reraised: 1940 Disbanded: 3 December 1945 The Canadian Forestry Corps was an organizational corps of the Canadian Army during both World Wars.
Lineage
14 Nov 1916: Canadian Forestry Corps created, formed from an existing forestry battalion (224th Battalion, CEF) and the conversion of other infantry battalions (including the 238th Battalion, CEF) for forestry duties.
1920(?): Disbanded.
May 1940: Canadian Forestry Corps once again created.
3 Dec 1945: Disbanded.
Functions
The Canadian Forestry Corps provided lumber for the Allied war effort by cutting and preparing timber in the United Kingdom and on the continent of Europe in both the First World War and the Second World War. Forestry units also cleared terrain for the construction of installations such as airfields and runway, prepared railway ties, as well as lumber for the creation of barracks, road surfaces, ammunition crates, trench construction, etc. These units were sometimes called on in the First World War to perform as infantry.
History
First World War
The success of German U-Boats in the Atlantic in the First World War caused a restriction on the number of imports to Britain. Millions of tons of lumber has travelled across the ocean from Canada to the UK in 1915. In Feb 1916, the British government requested assistance from Canada with regards to the production of timber, hoping to utilize resources available in Britain. The 224th Canadian Forestry Battalion was raised and arrived in England in Apr 1916, less than three months after the initial request. The battalion moved to Virginia Water Camp in Surrey, to produce sawn lumber. Detachments were sent to other places in England and Scotland.
A second British request for additional forestry units resulted in the formation of the 238th Canadian Forestry Battalion, which arrived in England in Sep 1916.
In Oct 1916, authority was granted to form the Canadian Forestry Corps. Both battalions joined the corps; by Nov 1916, six forestry battalions had arrived overseas, including the 242nd Battalion, CEF.
In Dec 1916, the battalions were broken up to form independent forestry companies. Eventually 102 companies were formed in Europe. A small group was already operating in France at Bois Normand, with the first headquarters at Conches (Eure). This headquarters was expanded into a Canadian Forestry Group headquarters (eventually designated Centre Group) divided into two districts. By Jun 1918, three other groups were in operation; Jura Group, Bordeaux Group, and Marne Group, and each of these groups also had two district headquarters under command. Canadian Forestry Corps headquarters for France was established at Paris-Plage, near Boulogne, with an office in Paris linking the district and group headquarters with a corps supply depot where technical equipment was warehoused, at Le Havre. Arrangements had been made in Canada for the purchase and shipment of necessary machinery and equipment to operate saw mills and other facilities. The corps also ran three forestry hospitals. In Mar 1918, the corps was called on to train 800 men as reinforcements for the Canadian Corps, to be drawn from across all the districts.
On 2 Feb 1917, independent forestry companies were formed in each Military District in Canada as well. On 17 Jul 1917, Forestry Depot Companies were formed in each Military District in Canada.
At the end of the war, 56 companies were in operation on the Western Front, including 13 made up of German prisoners of war. In total, 19,162 men were on strength. Seven more companies were engaged exclusively in technical work for Allied air forces, including clearing, grading, leveling and draining land in the creation of airfields. A scarcity of rivers and waterways in France had necessitated the adoption (and creation) of broad, narrow-guage railways.
Six districts were in operation in the UK at war's end (at Carlisle, Egham, Southampton and East Sheen in England and Stirling and Inverness in Scotland). Some 43 companies were in operation, with a strength of 12,533 including 3,046 attached labourers and prisoners of war. Their base depot was located at Smith's Lawn, Windsor shortly after the 224th Battalion arrived overseas, and all newly arriving soldiers for the corps arrived at the depot before reinforcements for companies in France or the UK were selected. The average monthly turnover at the depot was 1,500 men. In total, the combined strength of the corps on 11 Nov 1918, including attached officers, foreign soldiers (including British, Portugese, Finns and prisoners of war) was 31,447.
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