WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

222465	Private Stephen Pretorius Daft	King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	born 1900
Service record	Attested 5 July 1918 at Nottingham. Address: Nottingham Road, Bingham. Occupation: Farm Labourer. Height 5’6¾”; weight 129Lbs.; chest 36½” (expansion 2½”); hair: dark brown; eyes: blue. Good physical development. Protection certificate 12 Jan 1919 address: Nottingham Road, Bingham. 51st (grad) battalion training reserve (KOYLI Regiment) Transferred to Reserve 9/2/19
Forces war records	51st (Graduated) Battalion 27.10.1917 Formed at Ipswich from the 264th Graduated Battalion (formerly the 90th Training Reserve Battalion) as part of the 217th Brigade of the 72nd Division. Jan 1918 The 72nd Division broken up and the Battalion moved to Doncaster to join the 208th Brigade of the 69th Division. May 1918 Moved to Welbeck and joined the 207th Brigade of the 69th Division. Aug 1918 Moved to Clipstone where it remained.
Roll of Honour	Served on the Home Front

	Private Stephen Pretorius Daft
5th Sept 1900	Born Bingham
Census 1901	Lived at 13 Long Acre Row, Bingham with: Father: Arthur Daft, b.1868 Granby Mother: Ellen, b.1880 Bingham	labourer in brickyard
Census 1911	Lived on Long Acre Row with: Father: Arthur Mother: Ellen, Siblings: Thomas Copley Daft, b. 1898 Gladys Mary, 1902 Bingham Richard Arthur, b 1905 Bingham George William, b.1907 Bingham John Henry, b. 1910 Bingham	school & newsboy Roadman labourer for Rural District Council school & grocer’s errand boy	Thomas Copley served in WW1, click on name for more
Mar 1928 FREEBMD	Married Jemima M Singleton at Bingham Children: Unnamed male, Mar 1928, d. Mar qtr 1928 Unnamed male, Sep 1928 d. Sep qtr 1928 Winifred J, Dec1929 Bingham Eileen M, Mar 1932 Bingham Kenneth WA, Mar 1937 Bingham		Jemima was sister of Bertie Harris Singleton.
1939 Register	30 Council Houses, Bingham: Stephen Pretorious Daft, b. 5 Jun 1900, married Jemima May, b. 25 Sep 1907, married Three closed records George Walker, b. 20 Feb 1913, married John Arthur Cliff, b. 25 Feb 1913, single	Builder’s Labourer Unpaid domestic duties Winnifred, Eileen and Kenneth Foreman Painter at aerodrome Painter at aerodrome	ARP services - Decontamination
1969 FREEBMD	Died Nottingham Dec qtr.