John Gatiss was born in 1785 at Archers Lee, Easington (Village), County Durham, England, the first born child of Thomas Gatiss (1759-1830) & his wife Ann Gatiss nee Cole (1759-1835).
He was baptised on 16 October 1785 at St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Easington, by the Revd Tatham.
John Gatiss, a Tailor by trade from Easington, was a Volunteer in the Army Reserve List, which he joined 25.09.1803, and he then went onto enlist proper, into His Majesty King George III's - 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, on 25 October 1803 at Berwick, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. He is listed as having been "a substitute transferred to 1st Foot Guards from the Army Reserve" – The fact that he was a substitute, means that he would be representing the parish of the man originally drawn! At the time of enlistment & on his attestation papers, he was described as 5'6", light brown hair, dark eyes, brown complexion. His service records sees him recorded under several guises, including, Gatiss, Gates & Gatehouse. All checked & verified to be him by an expert in this field, whom I privately engaged in 2013 to research his records at the National Archives on my behalf.
He died in the Regimental Hospital, in Rochester Row, Westminster on 1st December 1811, and was buried on 3rd December 1811 at St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster aged 26yrs, listed as 'of Rochester Row' & recorded as John GATEHOUSE.
He was a Private serving in Lt/Col Alding's company 2nd Battalion at the time of his death.
He had previously served in - Sicily 1806-1807 Private, Lt/Col Upton's company 1st Battalion;
Northern Spain 1808-1809, Corunna Private, B/Gen White, same company; Walcheren 1809 Private, Lt/Col Askew, same company:
His 'Prize Money' for Walcheren was claimed after his death, by his father Thomas Gatiss.
His cause of death is not actually known, but it could be a result of either battle wounds; or as a result of 'Walcheren Fever', which was a 'Medical Catastrophe' for the Army, and about which much is now widely known & documented. It killed nearly 4000 officers & men in the 1809/10 campaign, with more than 11,000 men registered sick with the disease months later. Many who survived the initial infection were left permanently debilitated. Due to the public consternation of the debacle, a Parliamentary Inquiry was held into the whole affair.
(Biog by Suzy-in-the-Skye. Gatiss family researcher & 3 x Gt. Grandniece of John.)
He was baptised on 16 October 1785 at St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Easington, by the Revd Tatham.
John Gatiss, a Tailor by trade from Easington, was a Volunteer in the Army Reserve List, which he joined 25.09.1803, and he then went onto enlist proper, into His Majesty King George III's - 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, on 25 October 1803 at Berwick, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. He is listed as having been "a substitute transferred to 1st Foot Guards from the Army Reserve" – The fact that he was a substitute, means that he would be representing the parish of the man originally drawn! At the time of enlistment & on his attestation papers, he was described as 5'6", light brown hair, dark eyes, brown complexion. His service records sees him recorded under several guises, including, Gatiss, Gates & Gatehouse. All checked & verified to be him by an expert in this field, whom I privately engaged in 2013 to research his records at the National Archives on my behalf.
He died in the Regimental Hospital, in Rochester Row, Westminster on 1st December 1811, and was buried on 3rd December 1811 at St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster aged 26yrs, listed as 'of Rochester Row' & recorded as John GATEHOUSE.
He was a Private serving in Lt/Col Alding's company 2nd Battalion at the time of his death.
He had previously served in - Sicily 1806-1807 Private, Lt/Col Upton's company 1st Battalion;
Northern Spain 1808-1809, Corunna Private, B/Gen White, same company; Walcheren 1809 Private, Lt/Col Askew, same company:
His 'Prize Money' for Walcheren was claimed after his death, by his father Thomas Gatiss.
His cause of death is not actually known, but it could be a result of either battle wounds; or as a result of 'Walcheren Fever', which was a 'Medical Catastrophe' for the Army, and about which much is now widely known & documented. It killed nearly 4000 officers & men in the 1809/10 campaign, with more than 11,000 men registered sick with the disease months later. Many who survived the initial infection were left permanently debilitated. Due to the public consternation of the debacle, a Parliamentary Inquiry was held into the whole affair.
(Biog by Suzy-in-the-Skye. Gatiss family researcher & 3 x Gt. Grandniece of John.)
John Gatiss was born in 1785 at Archers Lee, Easington (Village), County Durham, England, the first born child of Thomas Gatiss (1759-1830) & his wife Ann Gatiss nee Cole (1759-1835).
He was baptised on 16 October 1785 at St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Easington, by the Revd Tatham.
John Gatiss, a Tailor by trade from Easington, was a Volunteer in the Army Reserve List, which he joined 25.09.1803, and he then went onto enlist proper, into His Majesty King George III's - 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, on 25 October 1803 at Berwick, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. He is listed as having been "a substitute transferred to 1st Foot Guards from the Army Reserve" – The fact that he was a substitute, means that he would be representing the parish of the man originally drawn! At the time of enlistment & on his attestation papers, he was described as 5'6", light brown hair, dark eyes, brown complexion. His service records sees him recorded under several guises, including, Gatiss, Gates & Gatehouse. All checked & verified to be him by an expert in this field, whom I privately engaged in 2013 to research his records at the National Archives on my behalf.
He died in the Regimental Hospital, in Rochester Row, Westminster on 1st December 1811, and was buried on 3rd December 1811 at St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster aged 26yrs, listed as 'of Rochester Row' & recorded as John GATEHOUSE.
He was a Private serving in Lt/Col Alding's company 2nd Battalion at the time of his death.
He had previously served in - Sicily 1806-1807 Private, Lt/Col Upton's company 1st Battalion;
Northern Spain 1808-1809, Corunna Private, B/Gen White, same company; Walcheren 1809 Private, Lt/Col Askew, same company:
His 'Prize Money' for Walcheren was claimed after his death, by his father Thomas Gatiss.
His cause of death is not actually known, but it could be a result of either battle wounds; or as a result of 'Walcheren Fever', which was a 'Medical Catastrophe' for the Army, and about which much is now widely known & documented. It killed nearly 4000 officers & men in the 1809/10 campaign, with more than 11,000 men registered sick with the disease months later. Many who survived the initial infection were left permanently debilitated. Due to the public consternation of the debacle, a Parliamentary Inquiry was held into the whole affair.
(Biog by Suzy-in-the-Skye. Gatiss family researcher & 3 x Gt. Grandniece of John.)
He was baptised on 16 October 1785 at St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Easington, by the Revd Tatham.
John Gatiss, a Tailor by trade from Easington, was a Volunteer in the Army Reserve List, which he joined 25.09.1803, and he then went onto enlist proper, into His Majesty King George III's - 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, on 25 October 1803 at Berwick, during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. He is listed as having been "a substitute transferred to 1st Foot Guards from the Army Reserve" – The fact that he was a substitute, means that he would be representing the parish of the man originally drawn! At the time of enlistment & on his attestation papers, he was described as 5'6", light brown hair, dark eyes, brown complexion. His service records sees him recorded under several guises, including, Gatiss, Gates & Gatehouse. All checked & verified to be him by an expert in this field, whom I privately engaged in 2013 to research his records at the National Archives on my behalf.
He died in the Regimental Hospital, in Rochester Row, Westminster on 1st December 1811, and was buried on 3rd December 1811 at St. John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster aged 26yrs, listed as 'of Rochester Row' & recorded as John GATEHOUSE.
He was a Private serving in Lt/Col Alding's company 2nd Battalion at the time of his death.
He had previously served in - Sicily 1806-1807 Private, Lt/Col Upton's company 1st Battalion;
Northern Spain 1808-1809, Corunna Private, B/Gen White, same company; Walcheren 1809 Private, Lt/Col Askew, same company:
His 'Prize Money' for Walcheren was claimed after his death, by his father Thomas Gatiss.
His cause of death is not actually known, but it could be a result of either battle wounds; or as a result of 'Walcheren Fever', which was a 'Medical Catastrophe' for the Army, and about which much is now widely known & documented. It killed nearly 4000 officers & men in the 1809/10 campaign, with more than 11,000 men registered sick with the disease months later. Many who survived the initial infection were left permanently debilitated. Due to the public consternation of the debacle, a Parliamentary Inquiry was held into the whole affair.
(Biog by Suzy-in-the-Skye. Gatiss family researcher & 3 x Gt. Grandniece of John.)
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