Name:	Walter Edgar GUMBLETON	Q0055
Born:	1875	Alderbury RD, Wiltshire
Baptised:	25 Jul 1875	Alderbury, Wiltshire
Parents:	George GUMBLETON	Elizabeth SPICKNELL
Died:	1949	Salisbury RD, Wiltshire
Occupation:	Police constable
Spouse 1	Ellen TRIGGS	Child 1 R0051 Walter George GUMBLETON 27 Jul 1904 Child 2 R0059 Elsie Winifred GUMBLETON 1906 Child 3 R0060 Harry Albert GUMBLETON 1906 Child 4 R0064 Percy James GUMBLETON 1908 Child 5 R0067 Hilda E GUMBLETON 1910
Spouse 2	Mary TRIGGS	Child 1 R0108 Gwendoline GUMBLETON 1917 Child 2 S0005 Stanley Kenneth GUMBLETON 1922
Walter Edgar Gumbleton was born in 1875, in the Alderbury Registration District and was baptised on 25 July 1875 at Alderbury Church. He was the eldest son of George Gumbleton and Elizabeth nee Spicknell. In the 1881 censuses, he was living with his parents at the Three Crowns, Alderbury, and in 1891, aged 15, he was living with his grandparents in West Grimstead. In 1896, he joined the Metropolitan Police and was initially in the Whitechapel Division. However, in 1899, he was posted to Portsmouth Dockyard. In 1901, he was living in the police quarters in Alverstoke, Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was married to Ellen Triggs, in Alverstoke, Hampshire, in 1903 but, in May of that year, he was transferred to the Wandsworth division of the Met. Police. At the birth of his first child, in 1904, he was living at 61, Thorne St, Barnes, Surrey. It is assumed that Walter's first wife died and, in 1916, he married Mary Triggs in Richmond, Surrey. In 1921, he was pensioned out of the Police.

Date	Event	Place	Reference
25 Jul 1875	Baptism of Walter Edgar GUMBLETON, child of George & Elizabeth	Alderbury, Wiltshire	LDS vital records index
1875	Walter Edgar GUMBLETON: Birth registered	Alderbury RD, Wiltshire	GRO Birth Index
3 Apr 1881	Walter Edgar GUMBLETON living in Near Three Crowns, Alderbury in 1881 census	Alderbury, Wiltshire	1881 census
1891	Walter E Gumbleton in West Grimstead, Wiltshire in 1891 census	West Grimstead, Wiltshire	1891 census
31 Mar 1901	Walter Gumbleton in Alverstoke in 1901 census	Alverstoke, Hampshire	1901 Census
1903	Marriage of Walter Edgar Gumbleton	Portsmouth RD, Hampshire	GRO Marriage indexes
27 Jul 1904	Birth of son Walter George Gumbleton	Richmond, Surrey	Birth certificate
2 Apr 1911	Walter Gumbleton in Richmond, Surrey in 1911 census.	Richmond, Surrey	1911 census
1916	Marriage of Walter E Gumbleton	Richmond S. RD, Surrey	GRO Marriage indexes
1949	Death of Walter E Gumbleton age 74	Salisbury RD, Wiltshire	GRO Death Indexes