WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 19812 | Private Frank Green | Age 21 9th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment (Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own)) Formerly 12425 Northumberland Fusiliers |
Born 1895 |
| Died of wounds 27/04/1916, in Queen Mary’s Hospital, Whalley, Lancashire. |  Buried
in Bingham CemeteryThe Grantham Journal of 6th May 1916 reported his funeral. However the report said he was in the Yorkshire Regiment. The report said he had joined up 18 months before – i.e about the end of 1914.It also said his colleague at work, Percy Harris had joined up at the same time. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone was eventually erected to mark the grave. (photo from NCC WW1 roll of honour) |
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| Ancestry SDinGW |
Formerly 12425, Northumberland Fusiliers. | ||
| War Diary | The battalion war diaries for this period are the sparsest
we have encountered. There are three particular days on which Private Green
may have received his wounds. There is no record of men being sent to casualty
stations etc. although this must have happened. The diary entry closest
to Green’s death in hospital is for 10th-16th April “In Billets:
casualties OR wounded 4, one since died of wounds. This may not have been
Green; as it seems unlikely the battalion would have been informed of his
death in England so soon afterwards. Prior to this the diary for 4th-10th
April merely states “In trenches, casualties OR wounded 5”.
The next previous entry is for 3a.m. on 6th March: “Relieved TRENCH
on left sub-sector of SOUCHET sector; 2 OR wounded.” Authorship of the diaries changed in July and they became much more detailed. |
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| Forces War Records.co.uk | This regiment raised 25 Battalions and was awarded 52 Battle Honours and 10 Victoria Crosses during the course of the War. It was engaged in many of the main actions on the Western Front and in 1916 when Private Green was wounded; it was involved in the Battle of Albert and the Battle of Delville Wood. Private Green’s injuries were serious enough to require his repatriation to England, where many buildings such as Workhouses, Asylums, etc. were used as hospitals. In Nottinghamshire the County Asylum at Radcliffe on Trent; the main pavilion at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground; Bagthorpe Infirmary and Clipstone Army Camp near Mansfield all became Military Hospitals. Regrettably Private Green died from his wounds whilst at the Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley.Lancs. | ||
| CWGC | Son of George and Eliza Green, of Needham St. Bingham. | ||
| Register of Effects | Frank’s back pay of £8.2s.8d was paid to his parents George and Elia as legatees on 23rd June 1916 | A war gratuity of £7.0.0 was paid to them on 3rd November 1919 | |
No service records on Ancestry except medal card SDiGW FindMyPast
Family history etc
| 19812 | Private Frank Green | ||
| 1894 | Born Saxondale |
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| Census 1881 | George Green boarder with: George Wilkinson, “The Old Farm House”, Somerby, nr Grantham. |
Farm servant farm foreman |
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| Census 1891 | Before Frank born, George and Eliza living in Car Colston with: Lily, b 1884 Nottingham George W b 1888 Nottingham Ethel, b 1890 Aslockton |
Agricultural labourer |
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| Census 1901 | Living at Mortimer’s Farm, Bingham with: Father: George, b 1862 Haceby, Lincs Mother: Eliza, b 1860 Upton, Lincs Siblings: George W, Ethel, Mabel, b 1892 Bingham Charlie, b 1896 Saxondale. Also Boarders: Charles Skillington, aged18 b Southwell Alfred Woodcock, aged 18 b Carlton le Moorland |
Foreman on Farm Farm servant Farm servant |
Mortimer’s farm, Tithby Road, was one of a group of farmhouses used to accommodate workers either on Brackendale Farm or Whitefields Farm. |
| Census 1911 | Living in a five roomed house on Grantham Road, Bingham with: Father: George Mother: Eliza Brother: Charlie |
Working as Baker’s Porter Agricultural labourer Baker’s errand boy |
Newspaper report of his funeral says he worked for Hardstaffe and Brown. |
| By 1916 CWGC |
Parents living in Needham Street | ||
| Note | This family history is an interesting window on the movements of agricultural workers in the 19th and early 20th centuries who often were quite peripatetic, frequently revealed in the different places of birth of the children, perhaps until they reached a settled job like foreman, as George did. George would have been 48 in 1911, perhaps a bit early for retirement to Bingham. Haceby is 9 miles east of Grantham; Somerby is 30 miles from Haceby. | ||