161946 Pte George Dronfield Gregory

[ibbotson]

Looking for military details for Pte 161946 George Dronfield Gregory WW1. Anything that may also give any family details. Regards

[ShaunJ]

It appears that his army records (other than medal roll and index card) have not survived.

A man of that name married Norah White in Oughtibridge in 1906. His father Alfred Dronfield Gregory. Millie(?) Dronfield Gregory was one of the witnesses.

[*Sandra*]

1891 census Onesacre, Bradfield, Yorkshire.

Matthew Gregery 39  Head. Furnace Labourer.
Ann Gregery   48 Wife   (passed away 1924 - Wortley - 9c 447)
Sarah Gregery   15 Son
Matthew Gregery   13 Son
Milly Gregery   10 Daughter
George Gregery   8 Son

couple of ancestry trees give the parents as Matthew Gregory and Ann Swift.

Sandra

[ALAMO2008]

The Number Quoted was his later Machine Gun Corps Number

His Three Medals were issued and inscribed 18722 Yorkshire & Lancs Regt

We don't know when he left the Army alot of Machine Gun Corps went to India straight after the Armistice so his Records weren't sent to Arnside Street Repository 1920 so not Destroyed if he left later in the mid 1920s

[ibbotson]

Shame about the military records…

Sandra. Many thanks for death date for Ann Gregory, had not got that. Will check the 1921 census to try to pick her up? Regards all.

[ALAMO2008]

I think George was born as Dronfield not Gregory
See Probate
It looks like George married again in Mid 1920 the Certificate may give clue if he had left the Army

[ShaunJ]

Matthew Gregory marries widow Ann Dronfield (nee Cooper) in Oughtibridge in 1890

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62204/records/90415905

[*Sandra*]

There was Ann Cooper married George Dronfield - 1865

Ann Cooper Marriage Date   25 Dec 1865
Marriage Place   Saint Phillip,Sheffield,York,England
Spouse    George Dronfield

[*Sandra*]

Could this be George Dronfield in 1873  ??

The Bradford Observer
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Sat, 29 Mar 1873
Page 8

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bradford-observer/166948216/

George Dronfield Date of Trial   7 Mar 1863
Location of Trial   Yorkshire - North Riding, England
Sentence   Acquittal

Sandra