Charles Harold Garrett

National Archives Officers' Service RecordsWhen the Rev Garrett signed up for military service on 19 February 1917 he gave his address as 69 Watson Road, Worsop, Nottinghamshire. He was 27 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 11 and a half stone. His hearing, teeth and vision were good, although he wore glasses for reading. He was judged fit for military service. His effects were listed:1 identity disc Letters Photos Pocket wallet Religious medallions on pin Common Prayer Hebrew's and Chaplain's Books 6 stars 2 badges

1 bunch keys

1 piece India rubber

1 crucifix

1 fountain pen and case

1 German field postcard

1 Franc note in pieces

1 tin containing cigarettes

1 cheque book

1 counterfoil cheque book

5 invoices

1 A. F. B. 153 & cover

1 diary

1 stamp and card case

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Charles Harold Garrett, aged 21, one of three sons, was an undergraduate living at 28 Old Town, Clapham, with his parents, Charles Thomas Garrett, 48, a parish clerk and undertaker born in Clapham, and Clara Annie Garrett, 47, "housewife", born in Tooting. Charles Harold's brothers were

Alan Leslie Garrett, 18, a motorcycle fitter, born in Clapham

Laurence Hugh Garrett, a schoolboy, born in Clapham

The family shared their seven-roomed home with Annie Isabel Maslen, Charles Harold's Clapham-born aunt, 42, single and working as a milliner.