See also
Husband:
Frederick Robert Gillingham (1892-1956)
Wife:
Victoria Maud Mellor (1899-1982)
Children:
Marriage:
Q2 1924
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1
Frederick Robert Gillingham
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
3 Mar 1892
Baptism:
8 Oct 1893 (age 1)
St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 4
son of Frederick Gillingham (corporation labourer) and Alice of Sidegate Lane
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 9)
Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8
son living in four rooms with his parents Frederick and Alice, sisters Ellen, Alice, Florence and Hilda. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Military Beginning:
8 Feb 1909 (age 16)6
joining the Territorial Force Suffolk Regiment, a stonemason for Wright of Cemetery Road, Ipswich, residing at 1 Sidegate Lane Ipswich. He was 5' 4" tall with a chest of 31 - 34"
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 19)
1 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9
unmarried son as Fred living in five rooms with his parents Frederick and Alice, brothers Charles and William, and sisters Florence and Hilda. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Military Service:
7 Feb 1913 (age 20)
4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment as lance corporal no:757; Ipswich, Suffolk, England6
signing up for a further two years. He joined the 2nd Yorkshire as no:33364 on 16th August 1916 and suffered from trench foot 21st December 1916 to 23rd February 1917 being hospitalised
Military Ending:
19 Jul 1919 (age 27)
Cromer, Norfolk, England6
see personal folder for more details
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 47)
15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7
a married hospital porter living with his wife Victoria and son Donald. Born on 3rd March 1892
Death:
29 Oct 1956 (age 64)
Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5 10
Probate:
9 Jan 1957
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10
of White Horse Hill Cottages Tattingstone died 29th October 1956 at the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital (Angelsea Road wing), administration of £284 2s 4d (~£6,500 in 2017) to Victoria Maud Gillingham widow
Victoria Maud Mellor
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
22 Feb 1899
Baptism:
27 Aug 1899 (age 0)
St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12
daughter of William Charles Mellor (smith) and Florence Ellen of Cauldwell Hall Road Ipswich
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 2)
199 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13
daughter living with her parents William and Florence, sisters Ethel and Edith, and brother Charles. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 12)
Maud Cottage, 11 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14
daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her parents William and Florence, sisters Ethel, Edith, Minnie and Gladys, brother Charles and a boarder Charles Bowman (grandfather?). Born in Ipswich
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 40)
15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frederick and son Donald. Born on 22nd February 1899
Death:
Oct 1982 (age 83)
Son: Donald Victor Gillingham
Name:
Sex:
Male
Note:
Donald remianed a batchelor and lived with his parents in Tattingstone
Birth:
2 Dec 1925
death index says born on 21st December 1925
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 13)
15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7
attending school and living with his parents Frederick and Victoria. Born on 2nd December 1925
Wounded:
16 Apr 1945 (age 19)19
whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment as private no:14713134 as DV Gillingham
Death:
Apr 2000 (age 74)
Gipping and Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England18
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1924 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2249. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1892 quarter:2 volume:4a page:877. Cit. Date: 10 November 2017.
Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.
Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:521. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1956 quarter:4 volume:4b page:768. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:WO 363 no:757 64th Provisional Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6606F page:18 line:20 letter code:TVNL. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1779 folio:75 page:34. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10839 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:14 schedule:406. Cit. Date: 24 August 2018.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1957 page:552. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1899 quarter:1 volume:4a page:979. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:139. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1779 folio:137 page:20. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10840 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:15 schedule:129. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1982 quarter:4 volume:10 page:2675. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
Janet Greengrass personal communication. Gillingham Ancestors write up by Margaret and Janet. Cit. Date: 13 August 2020.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1597. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping and Hartismere 2000 quarter:2 district:7451 register:19A entry:145 date:0400. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.
FindMyPast British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 417/91 page:12. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.