1867 Dec 27. Born Paddington, London on 1901 census, but a web tree says Thayet Myo (which is in Burma). IGI says born 27 Dec 1866, christened 5 Feb 1867 in India to William and Margaret Gandee who had himself been born in Thayet Myo, West Bengal and was also a soldier. His father William married in Ireland in August 1863 and was discharged in Belfast in 1883
1871 census
1881 census
1891 census
1898 India medal list. Peshawar 1898 reg no 347 Band Sgt 2nd battalion PWO Yorkshire regt. He is noted as in Punjab Command. . The family still have a medal - India 1895 2 bars Tirah 1897-98 and Punjab Frontier 1897-98.
1901 census at Kneller Hall, Whitton, Twickenham
1907 Apr 17. Married in Brentford to Constance Garfield Lucas
1909 Dec 8 Born a son in Kent , John Stephen Gandee
1911 census His wife and son are at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent. He is listed among the soldiers at Shorncliffe barracks as a Bandmaster in 1st battalion N. Staff Reg.
1913 An Almanac shows him as Bandmaster of North Staffs Regt in Buttevant, Cork
1913 Betty Eileen, his daughter, was born in Mallow
Mentioned in Despatches - on cwgc but I cannot find
1920 Jan 5. Died Naas
Buried in Curragh. "To the memory of John Stephen Gandee (Late Bandmaster) 1st Bn The Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regt who died 5th Day of Jany 1920 aged 63 years. Erected by the Officers, WOs, NCOs and Men of the Regt."
1920 Feb 28 Probate to his widow Constance Garfield Gandee
