Harry Robert COURT

1893 - 1917  (23 years)

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• Name	Harry Robert COURT
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	13 Jun 1893	Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	GRO ref: COURT, Harry Robert q2 1893 Brentford RD 3a 107; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as White Actual date from baptism entry
  Baptised	2 Jan 1898	St. Mary’s Church, Ealing, Middlesex, England
  	PR entry shows son of Harry and Bertha Caroline Court, abode 6 Church Lane S Ealing, father a grocer. By Wm de Burgh, curate
  Gender	Male
  Education	Est 1898-1906	Little Ealing School, Ealing, Middlesex, England
  	According to newspaper obit. (date an estimate based on his dob)
  Occupation	1911	Ealing, Middlesex, England
  	Van boy
  	Although first having a military meaning, the term 'van' was used for covered vehicles used to carry goods by 1829, so the term was clearly used for horse drawn as well as motorised vehicles. Motor vans were in use from the end of the C19th, so in 1911 Harry could have been working on either a horse drawn or a motor van.
  Occupation	1914	Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	Decorator
  	His father, who had died in 1912, had been a house painter at the time of his death; it looks like Harry took this over from him as he described himself as a "Decorator" on his army sign-up paper in 1914
  Military Service	From Sep 1914 to 1916	France
  	Middlesex Regiment in WW1
  	Served as a corporal in the 12th Battalion. He enlisted at Hounslow on 2nd September 1914 and entered France on 25th July 1915 (according to his medal card), being there for about 16 months - which suggests he was wounded in Nov or Dec 1916.
  Residence	2 May 1915	The Station, Colchester, Essex, England
  	At the time of his marriage.
  Buried	1917	South Ealing Cemetery, Ealing, Middlesex, England
  	Commemorated On Screen Wall. H. R. 21. Commemorated on Ealing Memorial Gates, Ealing Common (TQ 170 800)
  Died	10 Jan 1917	Bradford War Hospital, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
  	Date from CWGC site; 13-12 from local paper I have 2 newspaper cuttings about his dth - that from the Mx County Times is dated Sat Jan 27 on the reverse
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Harry Robert COURT,   b. 13 Jun 1893, Brentford, Middlesex, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1917, Bradford War Hospital, Bradford, Yorkshire, England  (Age 23 years) ▻ Phoebe Rebecca WHITE,  m. 2 May 1915   2. Arthur Howard COURT,   b. 15 Jul 1896, Ealing, Middlesex, England ,   d. 27 Mar 1972, Hounslow Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 75 years) + 3. Herbert George ("Bert") COURT,   b. 1 Mar 1899, Ealing, Middlesex, England ,   d. 26 Jun 1974, Redhill, Surrey, England  (Age 75 years) ▻ Dorothy Matilda BEST,  m. Mar Q 1927 + 4. Stanley Leighton COURT,   b. 8 Sep 1901, Ealing, Middlesex, England ,   d. Mar Q 1934, (probably), Chelsea Reg Dist, London, England  (Age 32 years) ▻ Ethel May VINEY,  m. Dec Q 1929 5. Doris May COURT,   b. 25 Jan 1904, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. 24 Dec 1982, The Hospital, Ealing, Middlesex, England  (Age 78 years) ▻ Wilfred George ("Dick") DICKINSON,  m. Jun Q 1930   6. Jack Charles COURT,   b. 13 Jul 1906, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. 29 Sep 1988, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England  (Age 82 years)   7. Kathleen Mary COURT,   b. 16 Apr 1908, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. 21 Jul 1977, Ealing Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 69 years) + 8. Leslie William COURT,   b. 2 Jul 1910, Ealing, Middlesex, England ,   d. 26 Jul 1967, St. Marylebone, London, England  (Age 57 years) ▻ Ada Sarah May FRANCIS,  m. Jun Q 1932
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John COURT,   b. 22 May 1654, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Bertha Caroline WHITE,   b. 16 Dec 1869, Brentford, Middlesex, England ,   d. Mar Q 1946, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 76 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I2204	All | The descendants of Charles Court and Frances née Tapner
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Harry COURT,   b. 26 Jan 1871, Kensington, London, England ,   d. Dec Q 1912, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Bertha Caroline WHITE,   b. 16 Dec 1869, Brentford, Middlesex, England ,   d. Mar Q 1946, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 76 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1893	St. Paul’s Church, Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	GRO ref: Court, Harry to White, Bertha Caroline q1 1893 Brentford RD 3A 71 From PR entry (image on Ancestry) Bach and sp, both signed, Harry of 26 Avenue Road, Bertha of 2 Glenhurst Road, witnesses Wm Charles Jones and Esther Tobitt
  Family ID	F119	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe Rebecca WHITE,   b. 10 Jul 1891, Reading, Berkshire, England ,   d. Sep Q 1975, Bracknell Reg Dist, Berkshire, England  (Age 83 years)  Other Partners: Arthur B. CHAMBERS  m. Sep Q 1942
  Married	2 May 1915	St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes, Middlesex, England
  	GRO ref: q2 1915 Uxbridge RD 3a 60 PR entry shows bach and sp, witnesses were Simeon White and Ethel Maria White (I didn't find Ethel's surname clear in the PR entry but it is on Harry's WW1 service records which were amongst those that survived WW2). Weirdly Harry appears to have signed his name Harold, corrected by the priest who conducted the wedding to Harry.
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F1693	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 13 Jun 1893 - Brentford, Middlesex, England  Baptised - 2 Jan 1898 - St. Mary’s Church, Ealing, Middlesex, England  Occupation - Van boy - 1911 - Ealing, Middlesex, England  Occupation - Decorator - 1914 - Brentford, Middlesex, England  Military Service - Middlesex Regiment in WW1 - From Sep 1914 to 1916 - France  Residence - 2 May 1915 - The Station, Colchester, Essex, England  Buried - 1917 - South Ealing Cemetery, Ealing, Middlesex, England  Died - 10 Jan 1917 - Bradford War Hospital, Bradford, Yorkshire, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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