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The birth of John Mountjoy was registered in Q4 1877 in the District of Highworth, Wiltshire, son of no father's name/Mountjoy.[1]
His mother was Elizabeth Mountjoy. His father is unknown.
John Mountjoy Military service:[2]
Attestation: 27 July 1896 at Swindon: John Mountjoy of Lyneham, Wiltshire, age 18 yrs 9 mo, Labourer. Joined Wiltshire Regiment. Service No. 4481
Next of kin - mother Elizabeth of 27 Little London, Swindon, Wiltshire
Served in India, South Africa and the Middle East
1903 Transferred to the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
1911 Transferred to the Military Mounted Police. Service No. 742.
Achieved rank of acting Sergeant
Long Service and Good Conduct Medals
Discharged 01 Oct 1919. Home address 33 Bright Street, Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Census Records
1881: John Mountjoy resident at Swindon, Wiltshire, age 6, born Swindon.[3]
1891: John Mountjoy resident at 28 Little London, Swindon, Wiltshire, age 13, General Labourer, born Swindon, the stepson of Patrick McLoughlin.[4]
1911: John Mountjoy resident at Aldershot, Surrey, age 32, born Swindon, Wiltshire, unmarried.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: Mountjoy, John. Son of no father's name/Mountjoy. Q4 1877 District of Highworth 05A 24. General Register Office. Online Index of Births for England and Wales. 1837-1934.
- ↑ Mountjoy, John. Military Service Record 1896-1919. Images of Record accessed via Ancestry.
- ↑ England and Wales Census, 1881. 13 Back Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire. Family of Allen and Eliza Mountjoy. Image of Census accessed via Ancestry.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VF5-6W2 : 22 February 2021), John Mountjoy in household of Patrick McLoughlin, Swindon, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Wiltshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW8Z-374 : 7 July 2019), John Mountjoy, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.