HARDING,
LIONEL GEORGE
BORN 16 JANUARY 1888
Lionel George Harding
was born on 16 January 1888, son of Frederick George Harding, a hat manufacturer (b 1853) and Sarah Ann Harding (b 1852). Lionel was the youngest of three children. Archibald Frank Frederick was born (b 22 September 1882), followed by Gwendoline Violet (b 1885). Parents and children were all born in Bristol. Lionel entered form I of the School on 11 January 1898, aged 9, at which time the family lived at 14 Edgecumbe Road, Redland, Bristol. He left in June 1900, aged 12. His brother Archibald also joined the School, entering Upper Mercantile on 14 January 1892, aged 9. He left in April 1897, aged 14.
Battery, 242nd Brigade. He lost his life on 22 September 1917, aged 29. He is buried in the Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium.
The 1901 census shows Archibald as a hat manufacturer, following in his father’s footsteps. Archibald was married on 16 July 1919 in Bishopston to Ruby Gertrude Lovell. Lionel served as a Gunner in the Army, with the Royal Field Artillery, “D”
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