1900 Apr/Jun his parents married . George Frederick Searle and Maria Wilhelmina Francke
1901 Jul 13 born London
1902 Jun his parents separate
1906 Nov 5 entered Oldfield Road School
1909 His father died (his mother did not die until 1957)
1911 census An Inmate at Holborn Union Workhouse, Holborn Union School
Warehousemen Clerks and Draper's Schools Orphan School), Russell Hill Purley, Surrey
1920 Oct 12 enlisted in RIC as # 74140. Plumber
1920 Nov 4. posted Longford
1922 Feb 8 disbanded
1922 Mar 29 Enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable.
1928 Jan/Mar married Nellie Gray in Edmonton
1936 Divorce Court File: 8841. Appellant: Nellie Searle. Respondent: Richard Eardley Searle. Type: Wife's petition for divorce
1937 Oct/Dec at Dartford, Kent. Married Ellen Mary Chandler (1904-1955)
1979 Jan/Mar died Bournemouth, Hampshire