Eldrick Webb Garrod

A Corporal with 1st Suffolk Battery 3rd East Anglian Howitzer Brigade, Eldrick died on 18th of January 1915 at the age of 20. 

Eldrick was born at Lowestoft in 1895, a son of Robert and Mercy Webb Garrod. In 1901 his family lived at 1901 152 Denmark Road, Lowestoft, and by 1911 at 22 Norfolk Street, Lowestoft. Later his mother lived at 81 Dalyell Road, Brixton, London.

Eldrick was living at 22 Norfolk Street, Lowestoft, and had completed two and a half years of his apprenticeship, with Robinson Elias, printer, at High Street, Lowestoft, when he enlisted in the 3rd East Anglian Howitzer Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), at Lowestoft, on 6 October 1911. He was promoted to Acting Bombardier on 15 November 1912 and Bombardier on 4 April 1913. 

Eldrick was embodied for service on 5 August 1914 and signed the declaration to say that he was willing to serve overseas. He was promoted Corporal on 16 December 1914. 

Details of the circumstances of Eldrick's death were reported in the Bury Free Press, 23 January 1915, page 6:

SOLDIER KILLED AT CAVENHAM

Fatal Accident Whilst Riding - Horse Stumbles In A Rabbit Hole

A fatal accident occurred on Monday morning at Cavenham, the unfortunate man being a young solider named Eldrick Webb Garrod, a Corporal in the 1st Battery of the 3rd East Anglian Howitzer Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. The Battery is at present stationed at Tuddenham Saint Mary, a village adjoining Cavenham. Garrod was out riding when the horse got one hoof in a rabbit hole and he was thrown to the ground sustaining fatal injuries. The deceased soldier was the son of an ex-Sergeant of Police, who used to be at Lowestoft. His untimely death is regretted by his comrades, amongst whom he was very popular, and also by his officers, who, it is stated, had great confidence in him. The sad news of his death caused quite a shock to the villagers of Cavenham and Tuddenham.