Rivett, Edwin Godfrey

Birth Name Rivett, Edwin Godfrey
Gender male
Age at Death 70 years, 3 months, 2 days

Notes

Note

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)

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1 Oct 1869 Ambala, Ambala, Haryana, India Birth of Edwin Godfrey Rivett 1a
Baptism 9 Nov 1869 Ambala, Ambala, Haryana, India Baptism of Edwin Godfrey Rivett 1a
Emigration 6 Oct 1909 Bombay, Maharashtra, India Edwin Godfrey Rivett left London on SS Oceana part of the P&O S N Co. 2a
Military Service 1 Jan 1912 India Edwin Godfrey Rivett, military service WWI 3a
Military Service between 1914 and 1920   Edwin Gordon Rivett, medals awarded WWI, Royal Field Artillery, Regimental Number 1576 4a
Emigration 1 Oct 1938   Edwin Godfrey Rivett left Liverpool for Bombay on the SS California, Anchor Line 2b
Death 3 Jan 1940 Garden House, Kasauli, Punjab, India Death of Edwin Gordon Rivett 5a 6a
Burial 3 Jan 1940 Kasauli, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India Burial of Edwin Gordon Rivett 5a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
         Rivett, Edwin Godfrey 1 Oct 1869 3 Jan 1940

Families

Family of Rivett, Edwin Godfrey and Prussia, Claire Hill
Married Wife Prussia, Claire Hill ( * 24 Sep 1877 + 24 Sep 1952 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 28 Jan 1895 Ambala, Ambala, Haryana, India Marriage of Clare Hill Prussia and Edwin Godfrey Rivett 7a
Note: 1

FIBIS BL N1 1895 Vol 241 Folio 173

LDS 512 352

Note: 2

FIBIS BL N1 1895 Vol 241 Folio 173

LDS 512 352

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Rivett, Nora Muriel24 Jan 18969 Dec 1975
Rivett, Dorothy Clare4 Oct 189829 Dec 1978
Rivett, Bernard Henry Duncan10 Jun 190422 May 1979
Rivett, Lewis Godfrey22 Oct 19101986

Source References

  1. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
      • Date: 1 Oct 1869
      • Page: Birth and baptism of Edwin Gordon Rivett; Father Joseph Henry Rivett, Mother Elizabeth Mary; FHL Film Number 499036
  2. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
      • Date: 6 Oct 1909
      • Page: Edwin Godfrey Rivett left London on SS Oceana part of the P&O S N Co.
      • Edwin Godfrey Rivett and wife, London to Bomay, Oct 1909
      • Citation:

        Edwin Godfrey Rivett left London on SS Oceana with his wife

      • Date: 1 Oct 1938
      • Page: Edwin Gordon Rivett, travelling from Liverpool to Bombay; SS California, Anchor Line
      • Edwin Godfrey Rivett, from Liverpool to Bombay 1938
      • Citation:

        Edwin Gordon Rivett, travelling from Liverpool to Bombay Oct 1938, with two of his children and his wife though his wife, Clare Hill Prussia, is on a differnet manifest

  3. Debra Graden (Compiler): Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912
      • Date: 1 Jan 1912
      • Page: Edwin Godfrey Rivett, military service, WWI; "Comdg. B. Troop, Page 558, Rank Captain, Punjab Light Horse"
  4. Army Medal Office (In the Care of the Western Front Association Website): British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
      • Date: between 1914 and 1920
      • Page: Edwin Gordon Rivett, medals awarded WWI, Royal Field Artillery, Regimental Number 1576
  5. India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719 -1948
      • Date: 3 Jan 1940
      • Page: Death and burial of Edwin Gordon Rivett; FHL Film Number 534493
  6. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
      • Date: 2 Jan 1940
      • Page: Death of Edwin Godfrey Rivett; probate Llandudno 3 Jun 1942
      • Citation:

        Death of Edwin Godfrey Rivett: Probate "to Clare Hill Rivett, widow. Effects £5900 7s 10s in England"

  7. India, Select Marriages 1792-1948
      • Date: 28 Jan 1895
      • Page: Marriage of Clare Hill Prussia and Edwin Gordon Rivett; Father "Lew Duncan George Prussia"; FHL Film 512352
      • Marriage of Clare Hill Prussia and Edwin Godfrey Rivett