Rivett, Edwin Godfrey
| Birth Name | Rivett, Edwin Godfrey |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 70 years, 3 months, 2 days |
Events
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| Birth | 1 Oct 1869 | Ambala, Ambala, Haryana, India | Birth of Edwin Godfrey Rivett | |
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| Baptism | 9 Nov 1869 | Ambala, Ambala, Haryana, India | Baptism of Edwin Godfrey Rivett | |
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| Emigration | 6 Oct 1909 | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | Edwin Godfrey Rivett left London on SS Oceana part of the P&O S N Co. | |
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| Military Service | 1 Jan 1912 | India | Edwin Godfrey Rivett, military service WWI | |
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| Military Service | between 1914 and 1920 | Edwin Gordon Rivett, medals awarded WWI, Royal Field Artillery, Regimental Number 1576 | ||
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| Emigration | 1 Oct 1938 | Edwin Godfrey Rivett left Liverpool for Bombay on the SS California, Anchor Line | ||
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| Death | 3 Jan 1940 | Garden House, Kasauli, Punjab, India | Death of Edwin Gordon Rivett | |
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| Burial | 3 Jan 1940 | Kasauli, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India | Burial of Edwin Gordon Rivett | |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Rivett, Edwin Godfrey | 1 Oct 1869 | 3 Jan 1940 |
Families
Family of Rivett, Edwin Godfrey and Prussia, Claire Hill |
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| Married | Wife | Prussia, Claire Hill ( * 24 Sep 1877 + 24 Sep 1952 ) | |||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Rivett, Nora Muriel | 24 Jan 1896 | 9 Dec 1975 |
| Rivett, Dorothy Clare | 4 Oct 1898 | 29 Dec 1978 |
| Rivett, Bernard Henry Duncan | 10 Jun 1904 | 22 May 1979 |
| Rivett, Lewis Godfrey | 22 Oct 1910 | 1986 |
Notes
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Edwin Godfrey Rivett:
Edwin Godfey Rivett was born in Umballa, India, on 1 October 1869. In civilian life, he was employed by a firm of coach builders and boot and saddle manufacturers. At the baptism of his youngest child in 1910 he was described as a merchant.
A long standing member of the Volunteers, he served in the ranks of the 2nd Punjab Volunteer Rifles at Simla, April 1882-March 1887; the North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles, at Umballa, February 1893-March 1895, and then in the Punjab Light Horse. He was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Punjab Light Horse on 7 June 1901 and was promoted to Captain in June 1903. He was placed on the Supernumerary List in January 1913. He was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, notified in I.A.O. 493 of May 1917. He was appointed a Substantive Lieutenant in the I.A.R.O. on 16 October 1916 and was attached to the Supply and Transport Corps. For most of the war he was employed as a Supply Officer at Umballa and the Simla Hills. During 1919 he was Brigade Supply Officer of the 58th Brigade Supply Section serving at Umballa, Kasauli and Kchat. Rivett was promoted Captain in the I.A.R.O. in October 1919 and was released from military service on 31 March 1920.
Edwin Godfrey Rivett was the middle child of seven born to Joseph Henry Rivett (1830-1918) and Elizabeth Mary Webster (1848-1923). Joseph was born and raised in Southwark, London; Elizabeth born in India. They were married in Lucknow, Bengal in 1864.
Captain Edwin Gordon Rivett, Supply and Transport Corps and Punjab Light Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt., S. & T.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Captn., Pjb. Lt. Horse)
Taken from https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/special-collections/57/171566/