WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 5195 | Second Lieutenant Richard Webster Jardine | The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Btn Formerly Company Sergeant Major, Wiltshire Regiment |
Born 1878 |
| Killed in action on 23/07/1916, most probably on Bazentin Ridge |
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial | Pier and Face 11 A. | |
| War Diary | The hand written battle orders are transcribed here. The war diary reveals a day of intense activity with 10 officers (unusually mostly not named) and 213 men killed. A different National Archives collection contains 32copies of short messages sent during the fighting – some are described here, including the casualty list which unusually does not name the seven officers killed that day. This collection contains a particularly fine map of the Bazentin trenches. | ||
| July 1916 Lancashireinfantrymuseum.org |
South of the Albert-Bapaume road the initial British attack
on the German second line had met with greater success, in particular on
the extreme right of the British advance where 30th Division, supported
by the 11th South Lancashires ( known as the ‘St Helens Pioneers’),
penetrated the German defences at Montauban. This created the Fricourt Salient,
which over the next few weeks was progressively enlarged by a series of
costly local attacks against the German second line of defence, which ran
along the ridges from Thiepval to Pozieres, on the Bapaume road, and then
through Bazentin and Delville Wood to Guillemont . On 7th July 1916 the 2nd East Lancashires attacked Contalmaison, on 14th-15th the 8th East Lancashires and the 1st and 10th Loyals were in action around Pozieres, where the former suffered 374 casualties, while on the 23rd the 1st Loyal North Lancashires and the three 7th Battalions saw heavy fighting on Bazentin Ridge. This was a key part of the Battle of the Somme and is most probably where Jardine was killed. |
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| CWGC | has no service number and no family information | ||
| Medal card | Implies previous service in Wiltshire regiment as CSM. Service number taken from medal card. | ||
| Register of Effects | On 23rd January 1917 Richard’s backpay was paid to his mother, Mrs. Anne Jardine. | He was awarded two War Gratuities; £16.0.0. on 10th November 1919 and a further £35.0.0. on the 18th December 1919. Mrs. Jardine was sent these in a single payment on 12th July 1920. | |
No army records on ancestry.com Medal card copied
Family history etc
| 5195 | Second Lieutenant Richard Webster Jardine | ||
| 1878 | born Scarborough October qtr. | ||
| Census 1881 | Named Robert, living at 22 Prince of Wales Terrace, Scarborough with: Father: William, b 1825 Nottingham Mother: Ann, b 1843 Hougham, Lincoln And: Ann’s mother: Mary Moss, b 1808 Collingham, Notts Mary Alison, 16 |
Boarding House keeper Annuitant General servant, domestic |
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| Census 1891 | Living/staying at Holme Farm, Bingham with: Uncle: Robert Francis Brown, b 1840 Hougham, Lincs Aunt: Mary C Brown, b 1844, Hougham, Lincs Cousins: Mary J, b 1868 Long Bennington Annie M, b 1870 Robert F, b 1872 Long Bennington William, b 1873 Long Bennington Harry M, b 1877 Long Bennington Thomas H, b 1879 Edenham, Lincs George BP, b 1882 Lincoln Katherine E, b 1887 Also Hester Maddison, 1872 Woolsthorpe |
Farmer Milliner Cook Lace Apprentice Apprentice painter Domestic servant |
RWJ’s mother, Ann Jardine, widow, housekeeper to Thomas Baguley, Famer, Castle Donngton, |
| Census 1901 | Ann Jardine (widow), b 1843 Hougham, Richard’s mother, is living
at Holme Farm with: Robert Francis snr Mary Robert Francis jnr Katherine Elizabeth John F, b 1893 Also: Mary E Henton, 19 Henry Crowder, 17 |
Living on own means Farmer Manager warehouse Farmer’s son Domestic servant Agricultural labourer |
Richard/Robert Webster Jardine does not appear on 1901 census anywhere |
| Census 1911 | Ann Jardine (widow), Richard’s mother, is living at Holme Farm with: Robert Francis snr Mary Robert Francis jnr Katherine Elizabeth Also: Kate Gibbs, 24 |
Housekeeper Farmer Lace merchant Help with house Help with house |
Richard/Robert Webster Jardine does not appear on 1911 census anywhere Bought Cromwell House, Station Street in 1915 |
| 1916 | Probate was granted to RF Brown, his cousin. | ||
| 1921 | Note on war medal card: “Applic for war medals 8/4/21 by A Jardine. Granted11-5-21. Address Lilac Cottage, Bingham, Notts. | ||
| 1923 | Ann Jardine died 27th June 1923 aged 81. She was buried in Bingham cemetery with her sister and brother-in-law, Robert Francis and Mary Elizabeth Brown. She had lived at “The Lilacs”, 9 Tithby Road. | ||