Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Girardot

Colonel John Francis Girardot entered the Army in 1847 and went through the Kaffir War of 1852-53, including the expedition over the Orange River under General Cathcart and the battle of Berea.

At the close of the Kaffir War he proceeded with the 43rd to Madras and Bangalore. He became Adjutant of the Sherwood Foresters Militia in 1856, retaining that position until 1875 retiring in 1880 with the honorary rank of Lieut Colonel. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace for Nottinghamshire.

In 1894 he married Mary daughter of the late Mr James Evans of Trevanghan County Carmarthen.

He died on September 11th 1902 and is buried in Rownhams churchyard Southampton.

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry (formerly the 43rd) placed a memorial in Chelsea Hospital reading ...

• LT-COL JOHN FRANCIS GIRARDOT
• Late 43rd Light Infantry and Adjutant Sherwood Foresters Militia
• who died 11th September 1902
• Aged 73 years
• Erected by brother officers of the 43rd Light Infantry

1841 Census Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 867; Book: 12; Civil

• John Girardot - Pupil aged 12, born Nottinghamshire

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about John Francis Girardot

• Name: John Francis Girardot
• Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1877
• Registration district: Marylebone
• Inferred County: London
• Volume Number: 1a
• Page Number: 1069
• Records on Page:

Spouse -

• Deborah Collins
• Mary Ann A Eynon

31 10 1894 - Marriage Licence

John Francis Girardot of the Parish of St. James, Picadilly in the County of Middlesex, a widower ...

Parish of St. James, Picadilly

... Mary Jane Evans of the Parish of Llanllwch in the county of Carmarthen, spinster of the age of 21 and upwards

References and Sources

• http://archive.is/EwPR
• http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/11276/lot/186/