WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

1320	Gunner George Edward Blagg	Royal Marine Artillery, Howitzer Brigade	born 1891
1915	Enlisted 18th November 1915
Service record	Private with RMA 18th November 1915 to 9 April 1916 Gunner 2nd class RMA 10th April 1916 to 14th May 1916 Service with Howitzer Brigade – six lines on form – signed by different Commanding Officers - possibly different postings? (P Peacock, GE Barnes, GM Campbell) Demobilised 16th Feb 1919 His record sheet shows he passed some qualifications with a mark of 87% and his conduct was first class. His address on discharge was Long Acre, Bingham.
Roll of Honour AVL	RoH has no theatre of war shown AVL address Long Acre

	Gunner George Edward Blagg
1891	Born Bingham 28th February 1891
Census 1891	Lived in Long Acre East with: Father: George, b. 1851 Bingham Mother: Mary, b. 1854, Shelton Siblings: Mary b. 1882 Bingham Annie, b 1884 Bingham Mabel, b.1887 Bingham	Ostler/groom	Father George died 1898 Mother Mary died 1931 (both buried Bingham cemetery)
Census 1901	Lived in Fisher Lane, Bingham Mother: Mary, widow Siblings: Mabel Ethel, b.1893 Bingham	Servant Charwoman
1911	Lived in Long Acre with: Mother: Mary	Tin Plate worker Laundress
1915	When enlisted he was a police constable
1923	George died in Bingham aged 33 6th Sept 1923 and is buried in Bingham cemetery. Death certificate cites cause of death as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. It is possible he contracted this on service, although the disease was widespread anyway in the 1920s. He had been a police constable, the occupation he had on enlistment.		Informant was his sister A Davis. Full addresses not given on the certificate.
	A Mrs Blagg was a sometime lady member of the Royal British Legion, Bingham Branch. As far as we have found George did not marry, so this was probably his mother.