WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Lieutenant Fred Brewster | King’s Own Royal Rifles | 1889 | |
| Officer records at National Archives | 29/5/15 Attested at Norwich to 3/1st Norfolk Yeomanry (TF)
No. 2404, later 140194 Address: 33 Ash Grove, Norwich 3/5/88 born Bingham, Father William, occupation hawker, Mother Jane Castledine (from Birth Certificate) Fred’s Occupation: Commercial traveller Height 5ft 10 ½ ins; Chest 34 ½ to 38 ½ ins Next of Kin: Jane Brewster (mother), Spring Gardens, Bingham Home Service: 29/5/15 to 29/9/15 Private to 13/1/16 Acting Lance Cpl to 11/5/16 Acting Cpl from 12/5/16 Acting Lance Sgt. from 22/7/16 Acting Sgt. 5/1/17 posted as Sgt to No. 2 Cavalry Cadet Squadron, Kildare, Ireland 20/1/17 posted as Sgt to 7th Yeo. Cyclist Regt. [7th (Suffolk and Norfolk) Yeomanry Cyclist regiment was formed in November 1916.] 29/4/17 discharged to commission with 4th Res Regt of Dragoons 1/5/17 Temp commission as 2/Lt with 4th Res Regt of Dragoons at Aldershot 19/5/17 Joined regiment 13/9/17 temp 2/Lt, recommended to be appointed to Indian Army Reserve of Officers Orders to embark in Transport Ormonde from Devonport 25/11/17. Transfer to Indian Army Reserve of Officers on that date. [Note that Ormonde was a P & O ship only completed in November 1917.] His application of 12th November 1916 for Officer Cadet noted: Father: newsagent Education: Council school, Bingham Awarded certificate in musketry at Hythe References provided by: 1) Geo. Brown JP, Bingham (known for 18 years) 2) H Pilling, Head Teacher Council school, Bingham Height 5ft 10 ½ ins; Weight 10st 12 lbs; Chest 35 ½ to 37 ins He applied to join the Indian Army 30/8/17 Having been commissioned on 1/5/17 We have been unable to find details of his service in the Indian Army at the British Library (Asian Studies) other than he was a Lt. in the Cavalry on 1/5/18 and on the Army List there until 1922. |
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| Roll of Honour | Served in India and Egypt | ||
| On his marriage certificate in 1916 he was an Army Sergeant giving his address as Halton Camp, Buckinghamshire. In 1914 Alfred Rothschild had given his park for a military camp, where new recruits were trained. As the ground was waterlogged after rain, many soldiers were billeted in neighbouring towns and villages. | |||
Family history etc
| Lieutenant Fred Brewster | |||
| 1889 | Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Living on Long Acre with: Father: William b. 1855 Bingham Mother: Jane(neé Castledine) b. 1856 Bingham Siblings: George, b. 1881 Bingham Herbert, b. 1891 Bingham Edith, M b. 1893 Bingham Ernest, b. 1895 Bingham Elsie, b. 1900 Bingham |
Grocer’s Errand Boy Hawker in smallware Waggoner on Farm |
Blind for ten years Brothers Herbert and Ernest served in WW1, click on name to learn more. |
| Census 1911 | Living on Long Acre with: Father: William Mother: Jane Brother: Ernest |
Grocer’s Assistant Hawker Working on farm |
Brother Ernest served in WW1, click on name to learn more. |
| 1916 | Married Leila Lucy Walker at St John’s the Evangelist, Leeds Daughter Kathleen Mary, b. 1920 Leeds |
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| 1939 Register | 12 Clifton Park Road, Reading: Fred Brewster, b. 3 May 1881, married Leila Brewster b. 24 June 1890 Kathleen M Brewster (later Baker) b. 1 April 1920 |
Commercial Traveller Unpaid domestic duties Shorthand typist |
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