Ackland Arthur Garland
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 202597
Parents: Fred and Elizabeth Mary Garland
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Leicester Square, Soundwell, Bristol. Lived: 1901 and 1911 census show address as Leicester Square, Soundwell, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 1895
Date of death: 02/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known grave – Commemorated Pozieres Memorial, France
Age: 22
Further information:
Ackland Arthur Garland was born in 1895 (Baptised Christ Church, Downend on 4/08/1895). Birth and baptism records show his Christian names as Arthur Acland, military records the reverse.
Ackland served with the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and was Killed in Action on 2/04/1918.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.