WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 28393 | Sergeant William Henry Barratt | No age given on CWGC 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) |
born 1888 |
| Killed in action 03/09/1916, the same day as Private
Singleton The Grantham Journal of January 20th 1917 carried a memorial notice from the family. (popup Barrattdeath) |
Commemorated at Thiepval |
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| 1916 CWCG and other web sites War diary |
The village of Beaumont-Hamel was attacked on 1 July 1916 by the 29th Division, with the 4th on its left and the 36th (Ulster) on its right, but without success. On 3 September (click for war diary record) a further attack was delivered between Hamel and Beaumont-Hamel and on 13 and 14 November, the 51st (Highland), 63rd (Royal Naval), 39th and 19th (Western) Divisions finally succeeded in capturing Beaumont-Hamel, Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and St. Pierre-Divion. For more details click here. | ||
| A Sgt. W H Barratt is also commemorated on Radcliffe on Trent
memorial. Radcliffe memorial incudes men who worked in the parish and did
not necessarily live there. The Sherwood Foresters' records state that he
“worked for Notts County Council as an employee at the Notts Lunatic
Asylum, Saxondale, where he was an attendant ". He was also commemorated
on the hospital chapel memorial, now in the hall. Doubt has been expressed that this is the same Barratt, but the memorial notice listed siblings as Lizzie, Ethel and Jack – which matches the family history below. |
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| Note on service number: on original headstone record of CWGC number 20393 was typed, then crossed out and above number written in red ink. On the burial form another number is given – 38393 but the original name is crossed out and Barratt substituted. See records | |||
| Note: the history of the formation of the 17th Battalion and Sergeant Barratt’s service number suggest that he enlisted in 1915. | |||
| CWGC | No family details available | ||
| List | Barratt’s name appears on a list of sick and injured NCOs, the date and purpose of which are not known. | ||
| Register of Effects |
Barratt’s back pay amounted to £5.7s.9d. which was sent to his family on 24th January 1917 and divided between his half-brother Leonard, half-sister Elizabeth and half-sister Mary. Each received £1.15.11. | His war gratuity of £7.0.0. was paid directly to his step mother, Ruth. | Note that this family information confirms the family history below and confirms we have identified the correct soldier. |
Buried
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No military records available on Ancestry.com medal card copied
Family history etc
| 28393 | Sergeant William Henry Barratt | ||
| 1888 | Born Manthorpe, nr Grantham | ||
| Census 1881 |
Father John unmarried: living-in with: Anne C Brett, b 1848 on the Banks, Bingham Judging by size of holding (511 acres) this was probably Banks House. |
Farm Labourer Farmer |
ACB married to husband, John Brett, who must have been away |
| 1891 | A William Henry Barrett was baptised In Bingham 16th December 1891 with parents John, a waggoner, and Emma; brothers Walter and Samuel baptised at same time. |
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| Census 1891 |
Living in Long Acre East, Bingham with: Father: John Barratt [Barrett], b 1862/3 Halam, Nottinghamshire Mother: Emma Barratt, b Sutton, Nottinghamshire 1866, died prior to 1894 Siblings: Sam, b 1889, Bingham Walter, b 1891, Bingham |
Farm Labourer |
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| FREEBMD | Emma Barratt died Dec 1892 aged 27 in Bingham | ||
| 1893 | John married Ruth Parnham, Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 |
Living Fairfield Street, Bingham with Father John [Barrett] Step-mother Ruth, b 1860 Bottesford Siblings: Samuel Walter John Leonard (half-brother) b 1894 Elizabeth (half-sister) b 1899 |
Agricultural worker Waggoner on farm Farm labourer Barber’s apprentice |
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| Census 1911 |
Living in six roomed house on Morris’s Row, Chapel Lane, Bingham
with Father John [Barratt] Step-mother Ruth Siblings: Samuel Walter (died 1915) John L (half-brother) b 1895 Elizabeth (half-sister) b 1900 Ethel (half-sister) b 1901 |
Working as Painter and paperhanger Waggoner (?) |
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| SDiGW | Lived at Notts Lunatic Asylum, Saxondale | attendant | |
| Nottingham Evening Post 20th January 1917 | William’s step mother and half-siblings placed this notice in the Evening Post to mark his death. |  |
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| Nottingham Evening Post 3rd September 1917 | We have been unable to trace Clara, who placed this notice
in the Evening Post on the anniversary of William’s death. |
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| Family note: 1861 and 1871 censuses |
1861: Father John and his brother Samuel, born to Sarah Barratt. Sarah described as boarder living with James Wilson, master miller. Samuel and John described as sons of head of household, so presumably were his natural children with Sarah. 1871: Samuel and John, aged 11 and 10, living with Uncle and Aunt. No trace of Sarah or James in censuses for 1871. |
By 1881 John had moved on to work on farms and ended up in Bingham via Manthorpe. | |
