WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Private John H Daft | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | born 1900 | |
| Roll of Honour | No medal card found on Ancestry, presumably because he served
in the Army of Occupation after the war had finished and was not abroad
until then.
Roll of Honour does not give service number and there is no AVL record. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour | Served in the Army of Occupation | ||
Family history etc
| Private John H Daft | |||
| 1900 FREEBMD |
Born Bingham Sept qtr | ||
| Census 1901 | Living at 2 Long Acre Row, Bingham with: Grandmother: Ann Daft, b. 1847 Barnstone, widow Father: George, b.1876 Granby Mother: Mary E, b.1877 Southwell. Cousin: Thomas b 1899 Bingham |
Charwoman Grocer’s Drayman |
Cousin Thomas Copley served in WW1. Click on name to learn more. |
| Census 1911 | Living at Starnhill Farm, Bingham with: Father: George Mother: Mary E Siblings: Gertrude Mary, b. 1902 Bingham Elizabeth Maltby Daft, b. 1904 Bingham Lottie, b.1908 Bingham Frederick Ernest, b. 1910 Bingham And Boarders: George Cope, b. 1890 George Shepperson, b. 1894 |
Foreman on farm waggoner on farm waggoner on farm |
Gertrude married Donald Slater, who served in WW1 |
| 1927 | Married Sarah Annie Spencer on March 1st 1927 at the Parish
Church, Langar-cum-Barnstone His occupation was grocer and address Sheffield. He was 26 years old, Sarah was 27. Daughter Kathleen M was born Sep qtr. 1930, Bingham district. |
His father, George was a farmer. Her father, Charles, was a cement worker. |
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| Electoral Register | 1925: John Henry at Starnhill Farm, Bingham. 1931: John Henry and Sarah lived at Rectory Cottages, Langar. |
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| 1939 Register | Langar, Nottinghamshire John H Daft, b. 23 Jul 1900, married Sarah A Daft, b. 25 Dec 1899, married Three closed records |
General farm labourer Unpaid domestic duties |
The record spreads over two pages. The closed records are on the second page but are clearly for the same roll number. The next house is the Rectory, which suggests the Dafts were still at Rectory Cottage. |