Captain Adrian H Gardner Beruit 1943

[alan o]

Yes undoubtably true.   If his father was a former officer in the Cameronians that would explain how he managed to get a commission in the Regiment in 1940. 

What is really odd is the birth of a child in 1942 and the marraige in 1943.  It is not easy to geta  divorce in 1942 in such circumstances and the presence of a child would suggest it would  not have been annulled?

With a Battalion of the Cameronians in the Middle east in 1943 I would have thought many of the officers in the battalion would have been at the 1940 wedding so how would he get away with the 1943 marraige?

Perhaps this is the cause of the cashiering in Feb 44 if another officer brought bigamy to the chain of command's attention?

[alan o]

Frederick Hunter was not Scottish either as on the 1881 census he was born in Essex (Hardlesford), Yorkshire, England and was an Officer in the Indian Army.

So he served as a Captain in the Indian Army having come from Yorkshire (as did his wife) and leaves after a few years to live in France where he has 3 daughters from 1857-60 but returns to UK by 1881.

The 1941 obit for his daughter seems to be wrong as he nor she was Scottish or in the Cameronians.

[AlanBoyd]

Adrian H A Gardner’s parents divorced in 1931:

7 February 1931: Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser

[alan o]

Alan

Thank you for that.  Austin remarried a Gwendaline Laura Ruthven-Smith in 1946.

Alan

[AlanBoyd]

Oh! Interesting, because I have just found him (Austin Gardner)  marrying Lesley Mildred Stuart {maiden name) or Taylor in Q2 1938. She was previously married to Basil Ashby Taylor RN, I have not found a divorce although I am pretty sure that he was still alive.

[AlanBoyd]

Lesley Mildred Gardner died Q2 1978 Lewes.

[AlanBoyd]

probate of Adrian H A Gardner’s mother Vere Wilbraham Gardner, 1960, to Adrian Harry Austin Gardner technical representative and Gerald Anson Austin Gardner company director

[AlanBoyd]

It seems unlikely that there are any further marriages for Austin Gardner since Austin Garder d 1971 and Gwendaline Laura Gardner d 1990 both have the same address in probate:
Tideway, 50 Newtown Road, Warsash, Hants.

[alan o]

Thanks that is useful.  So Austin was married and divorced to Vere, marries a widow/divorcee Lesley, divorces her (hopefully) and marries another widow Gwendaline Laura.