WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Sergeant Charles K Thomas Blunt | 1/8th Btn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) | born 1890 |
| Medal roll | Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Entry to France 2/3/15 |
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| Grantham Journal Dec 16 1916 |
“MILITARY MEDAL” “Sergt Chas Blunt, who was with Miss Richardson, Market Place, previous to the war, has been awarded the Military Medal. His many friends and acquaintances in the district will be pleased to hear of his distinction.” |
Miss Richardson was his aunt, see below. | |
| History of 1/8th Bn by Captain Weetman | February 1916 “Ribeaucourt we shall always remember, owing to the exorbitant claims made by the inhabitants for damage to billets. Never before nor after did we receive such demands as those made by the good people of that village, headed by the Maire, who after showing much hospitality to a few of us, seemed to want to give the villagers a lead in their demands! How they were eventually settled we never found out. Here, too, Capt. Davenport and Sergt. Blunt were chased down the village street one day by two infuriated women armed with broomsticks, their store of bully beef and army shirts having been discovered by the former, when looking for odds and ends to hand into the Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services in exchange for new articles. The D.A.D.O.S. had just issued an ultimatum to the effect that he would issue nothing except on the return of the old article. Transport men, therefore, scoured the country side for bottoms of nose-bags, backs of dandy brushes, pieces of rope, etc., which were cleaned and handed in and quite a good stock of new articles was obtained in return.” Chapter IX of the history records that although they trained extensively for the Somme front the battalion was not required there. June 1917 “The Transport and Quarter-Master's Stores were back in a very nice spot at Sains-en-Gohelle, but their journeys to the line with rations and stores were almost as unpleasant as they could be. In going to Liévin they usually got shelled with high explosive and at Loos with gas, and it says much for the excellent way in which Capt. H. Kirby and Sergt. Blunt handled the Transport on these occasions that they never failed to deliver the stores and had scarcely a single casualty. For a short period in the Liévin sector, stores were sent up by light railway from Bully Grenay or Aix Noulette.” Charles was awarded the Military Medal and was mentioned in dispatches No service/pension records exists on Ancestry |
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| Forces war records web site | 1/8th Battalion Territorial Force, Sherwood Foresters 04.08.1914 Stationed at Newark as part of the Notts & Derby Brigade of the North Midland Division and then moved to Harpenden and then Braintree. 25.02.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France. (NB medal card has Charles entering France on 2nd March, a month after the battalion went.) He would have been involved in the following: 12.05.1915 Formation became the 139th Brigade and the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1915 The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt. 1916 The diversionary attack at Gommecourt. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin, The Battle of Hill 70. 1918 The Battle of the St Quentin canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war at Cartignies S.W. of Avesnes, France |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Served on the Western Front AVL address: Market Place |
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Family history etc
| Sergeant Charles K Thomas Blunt | |||
| 1890 certificate | Born 24th June 1890 Carlton. Father: Arthur William, fruit salesman. Chestnut Grove West Bridgford. | ||
| Census 1891 | Lived on Chestnut Grove, West Bridgford with: Father: Arthur William Blunt, b. 1861 Nether Broughton, Leics Mother: Sarah (neé Richardson), b. 1866 Morley, Yorks AND Charles Kirchin, b. 1874 Cotgrave, Notts |
Baker and Grocer Greengrocer Domestic servant |
Arthur and Sarah married SEP qtr. 1888 Bingham |
| Census 1901 | Living in Market Place, Bingham with: Grandfather: Charles Richardson, b. 1834 Tetford, Lincs Grandmother: Mary A, b. 1837 Wryhall, Rutland Aunt: Emma Richardson, b.1864 Belmesthorpe, Rutland |
Retired Stationmaster draper |
Charles parents (Alfred W (name reverts to Arthur in 1911) & Sarah lived in Balsall Heath) |
| Census 1911 | Living on Long Acre, Bingham with: Aunt: Emma Richardson |
Warehouseman – South American merchants Shopkeeper – fancy, drapery |
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| 5th Aug 1917 | Married Lily Edith Robinson, Grantham, by special licence at Grantham. Lily died in Bingham district (Mar qtr. 1938), living in Hickling Pastures |
Announced in Grantham Journal, she was daughter of Mr and Mrs F Robinson of 20 Dudley Road, Grantham. | |
| AVL 1918 | Market Place |
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| 1938 certificate | Charles, a widower, married Edith Robinson, spinster, Bingham, 18th May 1938 Both addresses were given as Hickling Pastures. Charles was a commercial traveller. Edith’s father was a retired farmer; Charles’ father (deceased) was a baker and confectioner. | ||
| 1939 Register | 164 Tennyson Road, Coventry Charles T Blunt, b. 24 June 1890, married Edith Blunt, b. 2 Mar 1905, married one closed record |
Marking off and assembly switch board erector Unpaid domestic duties |
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