WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 1382 | Private Fred Bramley | 1/8th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) |
born 1889 |
| Medal Card Silver Badge awards roll |
He is not listed on the AVL so we have no service number record.
Thus we are not certain we have the right man from service record point
of view. There are two army record cards for 1382 and 13812. Both show him
discharged on 15/5/16. One card records just the SWB, one the three war
medals. There are no other military records for Fred Bramley. The two cards record the following: Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Silver Badge roll: Enlisted 11/3/12 Entry to France 28/6/15 Discharged sick 15/5/16, awarded silver badge No service/pension records exists on Ancestry |
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| History
of 1/8th Bn by Captain Weetman gutenberg.org |
From June 1915 until May 1916 the history records the battalion
spent most of its time moving between training activities in the area of
Bethune. In early October he would have taken part in the attack on Hohenzollern Redoubt, on the Somme battlefield. See Wikipedia: British attacks 13–19 October 1915 Starting during the Battle of Loos (25 September – 15 October 1915), British units carried out a concentrated attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt which lasted from 13 – 19 October 1915. The British 9th Division captured the redoubt and then lost it to a German counter-attack. The final British assault on 13 October failed and resulted in 3,643 casualties, mostly in the first few minutes. The official history of the war suggested that "The fighting on the 13th–14th October had not improved the general situation in any way and had brought nothing but useless slaughter of infantry. General Sir Douglas Haig thought it might be possible to launch another attack on 7 November 1915 but heavy rain and accurate German shelling during the second half of October finally persuaded him to abandon the attempt. |
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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 Fred entering France on 28th June. 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 If we have identified the wrong man in the medal cards, Fred would have been involved in all the above. |
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| Roll of Honour | Served on Western Front No AVL Address |
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Family history etc
| George Frederick Bramley | |||
| 1889 FREEBMD | Apr-Jun qtr. George Frederick Bramley born Basford | ||
| Census 1891 | Living at 6 Duke St., Mansfield with: Father: Albert, b.1862 Old Basford Mother: Sarah J b.1864 Bingham And: Albert’s Mother-in-law: Emmitt Little, widow, b.1826 Granby, Notts |
Coal Miner |
George noted as born in Basford Sarah died APR-JUN 1900 Bingham aged 35 |
| Census 1901 | Living in East St. [Chancel View Cottages], Bingham with: Father: Albert Step Mother: Fanny b. 1856 Bingham Siblings: Sarah, A b.1891 Mansfield Alberta, b.1892 Mansfield Helen, b 1900 Bingham Step siblings: Gladys Miles, b 1886 Thorpe on Hill, Lincs Frank Miles, b. 1888 Thorpe on the Hill |
Bricklayer’s labourer Mother’s help |
Albert married Fanny Miles Oct-Dec 1900 Bingham. Albert died at Bingham in 1905 aged 45. Helen was born Jun qtr 1900. Probably mother Sarah died in or soon after childbirth. |
| Census 1911 | Living in Norwell Woodhouse with: Thomas Barrand, b. 1859 Cranston Fenn Hannah Barrand, b. 1861 Girton, Notts |
Waggoner on the farm Farmer |
Known as Fred, birthplace given as Bingham Notts |
| 1919 | Married at Rowston Parish Church, near Sleaford, to Florence
EM Kew June 11th 1919. George was still a serving soldier. Both gave their address as Rowston George’s father Alert Bramley was a labourer (deceased), Florence’s father was a foreman. Children: George F Sleaford 1919 Dec qtr. Herbert L Newark 1921 Jun qtr. Walter Newark 1922 Sep qtr. Ernest C Southwell 1926 Mar qtr. |
His occupation as soldier does not match with his being awarded a silver war badge and discharged unfit in 1916. | |
| Electoral register | 1919, 1921-1925 Fanny Bramley, Chancel View Cottages, East Street. | ||
| 1939 Register | Long Acre, Syerston: George F Bramley, b. 1 May 1889, married Florence E (M) Bramley, b. 11 Aug 1898 George F Bramley, b. 6 Nov 1919, single One closed record Walter O Bramley, b. 18 Jun 1922, single One closed record William Wilkinson, b. 13 Nov 1877, single |
General Roadman labourer Home duties (paid) [presumably board paid by sons] Electrical engineer Herbert Joiner carpenter apprentice Ernest General farm Labourer |
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| 1960 | George died in Newark district aged 71. | ||