Percy Augustus Garland

Story:
Percy Augustus Garland was born in Sherborne, Dorset, on 1 Jan 1879 and baptised there on 31 Jan 1879 the son of George Frederick Garland and Emily Garland (nee Poulter).  He lived his early life in Sherborne and also at Gaunt's Stables, Charlbury, Wimborne, Dorset.  He married Susannah Catherine Meader in Hinton Parva, Dorset, on 2 Oct 1907.  By 1911 he had set up home at Ivy Cottage, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where he was working as a Domestic Motor Car Driver.   He enlisted and served with the (Royal) Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. M2/074911).   He served in France and Flanders from 1 May 1915 and on his discharge on 1 July 1919 was awarded the Victory and British War Medal as well as the 1915 Star.  The 1921 Census shows him still living in Fontmell Magna working as a Chauffeur. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living back at 2 Gaunt's Stables, Charlbury, Wimborne, Dorset, still working as a Chauffeur in Private Service.  His death was recorded at the Poole, Dorset, Registry in 1969.