Edward George Gear

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Edward George Gear was born in Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, on 8 Apr 1890 the son of George Gear and Anna Maria Gear (nee Jenkins).  He lived all his early life in Ebbesbourne Wake area and by 1911 was living there with his sister, following the death of both parents, working as a Waggoner on a Farm.   He had enlisted with the Royal Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. DM2/206447).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Alice Maude Matthews at Alvediston, Wiltshire, on 18 Aug 1920 and the 1921 Census they were living at 6 William Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was working for the Great Western Railway as a General Labourer.   By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 43 Grosvenor Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, now described as a Railway Shop Pounder and Shearer.   His death was recorded at St. Margarets Hospital, Stratton St. Margarets, Wiltshire, on 27 Jan 1952.