Trafford

Born at Tatton during the December quarter 1889 in the Altrincham R.D. -
ref: 8a/195, the son of Benjamin & Harriet Lucy Gathercole (nee Smith).

1891 Census - Budworth Road, Tabley Superior, Pickmere, Cheshire.   Son -
aged: 1 - born: Cheshire.   Head of household - Benjamin Gathercole -
Married - aged: 49 - occ: Gamekeeper Domestic Servant - born: Didlington,
Norfolk.     Also - Harroitt L. Gathercole - Wife - aged: 40 - born:
London, Middlesex.  Plus 1 elder brother.

1901 Census - New Mills, Mobberley.   Son - unmarried - aged: 11 - occ:
Domestic Gardener - born: Rostherne.    Head of household - Benjamin
Gathercole - Married - aged: 62 - occ: Gamekeeper - born: Didlington,
Norfolk.     Also - Harroitt L. Gathercole - Wife - aged: 50 - born:
Chelsea, Middlesex.  Plus 1 elder brother.

1911 Census - New Mills, Mobberley.  Son - unmarried - aged: 21 - occ:
Domestic Gardener - born: Rostherne.    Head of household - mBenjamin
Gathercole - Married - aged: 72 - occ: Gamekeeper - born: Didlington,
Norfolk.     Also - Harroitt Lucy Gathercole - Wife - aged: 60 - born:
Chelsea, Middlesex.

WO363 - He enlisted at Chester on the 24th August 1914.  Aged: 24 years -
Employed as a Gardener.  Height: 5 feet 9 inches - Weight: 137 lb -
Expanded chest: 36 inches with a 3 inch expansion.  Complexion: Fresh -
Eyes: Blue - Hair: Brown.  Church of England.  Killed at Lala Baba

The 8th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment was raised in Chester on the
12th of August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 40th
Brigade, 13th (Western) Division which assembled on Salisbury Plain.  40th
Brigade moved to Chiseldon and Cirencester in September 1914.  Near the end
of February the Division concentrated at Blackdown in Hampshire.   They
moved to the Mediterranean from the 13th of June 1915 landing at Alexandria
then moving to Mudros, by the 4th of July to prepare for a landing at
Gallipoli.   The infantry landed on Cape Helles between the 6th and 16th of
July to relieve 29th Division. They returned to Mudros at the end of the
month, and the entire Division landed at ANZAC Cove between the 3rd and 5th
of August.   The Battalion was in dug-outs in the cliffs, south of Sulva
Bay on the 1st September 1915.   Between then and the 20th, they lost
nearly 200 men from Dysentry.  They moved to the forward area in the
Sulajik Sector on the 20th.

Commemorated on the private family gravestone in St. Mary's Churchyard,
Rostherne.    M.I. "Thy will be done".

His MIC states that he was drafted to the Balkans on the 26th June 1915. 
He qualified for three war medals - the 1915 Star, the BWM & the VM.