According to his niece Dorothy Olive Wright, Gerald was an actor. His stage name was Gerald Wynott and he played in theatre and pantomime all over the country.
Gerald married Lily Peters whose parents ran a boatyard in Thorpe Bay, and they had a son named Peter. They moved "up north somewhere" and the family lost track of them.
Found out later that the son was actually named Gerald Peter.
Gerald died aged 33 of Dementia Paralytica, a form of syphilis, in Brentwood Mental Hospital. His address was "Hillside", Ashingdon.