2nd Corporal 4485 Stephen Orme Gamble

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 1st West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 03/01/1915

Age at death: 31
Date of death: 30th of April 1915 (Friday)
Born: Mold, Flintshire
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ramparts Cemetery Lille Gate - H. 16.

Family details:
Son of Samuel and Mary Gamble, of Sherdley Villa, Green End, Sutton, St. Helens, Lancs

Census details:
1891 - 7 years old Stephen O is living at 46 Orrell Street, Parr, St Helens with parents Samuel (39), Mary (37) and six siblings: Louise (14), William J (12), Sarah E (10), Edith M (5), Gladys (3), Joseph C (1). 1901 - 17 years old 'Blacksmiths Striker' Stephen O is living at 1 Green End, Sutton, St Helens with parents Samuel (49), Mary (47) and eight siblings: Louise (24), William J (22), Sarah E (20), Edith M (15), Gladis (13), Joseph C (11), Daisy R (8), Harold D (3). Staying at the address are widowed brother-in-law to William Gamble - William Orme (32) and his four children: William Orme (10), Thomas Orme (8), Arthur Orme (6), Ellen Orme (2). 1911 Census - Samuel and Mary Gamble lived at 1, Green End Lane, Sutton, with three sons and four daughters, including Stephen (24), a Railway Engine Stoker.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/SOGambleRE.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/S_O_Gamble_RE_zps43735ce1.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of 2nd Corporal Stephen Orme-Gamble at Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate (Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/S_O_Gamble.jpg[/pic][caption]Vintage postcard showing the grave marker of Cpl. S. O. Gamble at Ramparts Cemetery. (Courtesy Mark Haselden)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/4485_Gamble_Orme.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Second Corporal Stephen Orme Gamble at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]