WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 238590 WR/264683 |
Sapper Wallace Braithwaite | Royal Engineers [Railway Operating Division] “WR” indicates “Waterways and Railways” |
born 1883 |
| Medal roll | Awarded Victory and British Medals. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| AVL Roll of Honour |
AVL: address Nottingham Road RoH: Served on the Western front |
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Family history etc
| Sapper Wallace Braithwaite | |||
| 1883 | Born 23 May 1883 Plungar, Leics | ||
| Census 1891 | Lived at Chapel House, Plungar with: Father: William Braithwaite, b. 1846 Plungar Mother: Matilda b. 1847 Coventry Siblings: William Miller, b. 1878 Plungar Elsie May, b. 1889 Plungar | Butcher [cabinet maker in 1871 & 1881, |
[ Matilda was in Barnstone in 1881 & 1901. She was born Matilda Kelham in Barnstone but was living in Coventry in 1851 census which could explain the mistake] |
| Census 1901 | Visiting 132 Cato St., Aston, Birmingham at the home of: Charlotte Nicholls And: Brother: William M Braithwaite, boarder |
Railway clerk Railway clerk |
Both brothers stated as born Bottesford, Notts. 1901 Parents at Plungar: Father:joiner/painter. |
| 1910 FREEBMD | APR-JUN Married Mary Jane Perry at Stourbridge | ||
| Census 1911 | Living at 39 Maitland Rd., Saltley, Birmingham with: Wife: Mary Jane b. 1882 Stourbridge, Worcs |
Railway clerk | 1911 Parents at Plungar: Father: paper hanger/painter |
| AVL 1918 | Nottingham Rd, Bingham | ||
| Electoral Roll | 1918-1929 Wallace and Mary Jane at Cooper’s Cottage,
Grantham Road 1930-1931 Church Street |
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| 1939 Register | Morgan Villas, Church Street (no
12) Wallace, b. 23 May 1883 Mary J, b. 8 May 1882 Olive J Green Nancy Perry, b. 10 March 1850, widow, One closed record |
Railway Clerk Unpaid domestic duties Shop assistant, draper incapacitated |
Mary J’s mother |
| 1944 FREEBMD | Wallace Died 16th November 1944 Bingham aged 61, at Morgan Villas.
Mary died 13th May 1952 Bingham in 1952 aged 70 |
Railway Goods Clerk Informant Hilda D Talbot, Long Acre |
Probate to Mary Jane, widow. £508 3s. 9d. |
| W Braithwaite was a member of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. | |||