WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Alfred Wright Adcock | born 1885 | ||
| AVL: Roll of Honour | AVL – Vernon House, Market Place, 1st Officer Mer. Seaman Master SS "Port Macquaire" [Macquarie] This was a general cargo ship under various owners 1914 – 1940. | ||
| Family history via Ancestry | Alfred joined HMS Conway training ship in 1885, aged 13. During WW1 he was a first officer on troop ships. He left the merchant navy in 1923 and emigrated to New Zealand where he married and took up farming. Ill health forced him to give this up and he subsequently worked for the city council of Palmerston North. He retired in 1955 and died in 1957 |
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| Merchant Navy Identity card (1918-1920 FindMyPast.co.uk) |
ID no 31079 Rating 2nd mate Dob 24th April1885, Nottingham No and Grade of B/T certificate Master S/S 003,008 5’11” Brown hair grey eyes Discharge No 163087 Next of kin F J Adcock, “Glengaine”, Villiers Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham Series of three numbers the meaning of which we do not know: |
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| Medal card | Medal card at the National Archives (Merchant seamen) He applied for his medals in 1919 and they were issued in New Zealand in 1921. Mercantile Marine ribbon British Medal ribbon cert/dis A.163087. RS2 No 31709 |
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| 1913 | Second Officer of SS Indrabarah. Awarded Bronze medal of the Board of Trade (presented by King George V) for saving life when the ship capsized. See here and here. | ||
Family history etc
| Alfred Wight Adcock | |||
| 1885 | Born 24/4/1885 Nottingham 7b 329 | ||
| Census 1891 | Living at 3 Elm Bank Nottingham with: Father: James W b. 1842 Nottingham Mother: Elizabeth W b. 1836 Nottingham Siblings: Gertrude b. 1876 Nottingham Frederick b. 1878 Nottingham Harry b. 1880 Nottingham Frank b. 1883 Nottingham Mabel b. 1882 Nottingham And: Cousin: Kate Stewart Lucy Lockwood Alice Mason |
Lace Manufacturer Domestic Servant Domestic Servant |
His factory was in Newdigate Street, off Alftreton Road Nottingham |
| Census 1901 | Family in Market Place, Bingham: Father: James W. aged 58 (died 1903 in the Spilsby district) Mother: Elizabeth W (blind) Daughter: Mabel Neice: Kate Stewart And Rebecca Jackson aged 15 b. Bingham |
Lace Manufacturer Domestic servant |
1901: brother Frederick was a lace draughtsman, boarding in Long Eaton. Brother Harry, a lace trainee draughtsman was visiting. |
| Census 1911 | Alfred is not recorded on the 1911 census. | ||
| Census 1911 | Mother: Elizabeth W Adcock b. 1836 Nottinghamshire living at: Vernon House (popup Vernon house.jpg), Market Place, Bingham And: Neice: Kate Stuart b. 1864 Nottinghamshire Annie Sloyd b. 1866 Nottinghamshire Ethel Bradshaw b. 1889 Hunslet, Leeds |
Widow; Private means House keeper (domestic) Visitor; Private Means Servant |
She was blind Frederick ad Harry lived at 188 Musters Road, West Bridgford; both were lace finishers. |
| 1920 | Alfred married Audrey Gwendoline Smith in New Zealand | ||
| 1957 findagrave.com |
Alfred died 21st June aged 72. His wife died 18th December
1967 and is buried beside him at Manawatu, Horowhenua: The web site says: Alfred Wright Adcock served on the HMS Ship "CONWAY" "He was born in 1885 in Nottingham and joined "CONWAY" at 13, and on leaving joined the Merchant Marine. A second officer of the Indrabarah (Tyser Line) he performed two rescues when the vessel went aground on the Rangitikei coast (NZ) in 1913, and as a result was decorated by King George V at Buckingham Palace, and also received rewards from the Royal Humane Society and the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society." New York Times, May 11, 1913 "During WWI he was First Officer on troop ships. He left the Merchant Navy in 1923 and emigrated to New Zealand, where he took up farming. He gave this up due to ill health, and subsequently worked for the City Council of Palmerston North. He retired in 1955, and died in 1957." |
HMS Conway was a Royal Navy cadet Ship. | |
| curiousfox.com | James Wright Adcock (1844-1903) became a lace manufacturer,
with offices in the lace market and manufacturing at Gambles Factory (later
Adcocks Factory) Radford. On his death his son Frederick James Adcock took
over the business, but emigrated to New Zealand in 1924. |
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| 12 Dec 1954 | Frederick died in New Zealand at Masterton, near Wellington. He had a wife Olive and a son Harry Frederick. | ||
