WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 306811 | Signalman Percy A Daubney | 2/8th Bn Notts & Derbys 1/8th Bn Notts & Derbys |
born 1896 |
| Medal roll/card | Awarded British and Victory medals. Later awarded Silver War Badge – instigated in 1916 and awarded to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness. Issued 8th January 1919. Attested 10/12/15 Mobilised 8/2/16 Discharged 21/12/18 due to sickness No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Forces war records web site | Percy was probably involved in the following actions. He
may have transferred to the 1/8th when 2/ 8th was disbanded. 2/5th & 2/8th Battalion Territorial Force April 1916 Moved to Ireland stationed at Dublin and then at Curragh. Jan 1917 Returned to England at Fovant, Salisbury Plain. 26.02.1917 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1917 The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The capture of Bourlon Wood, The German counter attacks. 06.02.1918 the 2/8th disbanded in France. 1/8th Battalion Territorial Force 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 |
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| 1/8th Bn by Captain Weetman | See also History of 1/8th Bn by Captain Weetman | ||
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Served on Western Front and in Ireland. Wounded once. AVL Address: White House, Nottingham Road. Sherwood Foresters ( Notts & Derby Regiment) |
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Family history etc
| Signalman Percy A Daubney | |||
| 1895 FREEBMD | Born Nottingham, December qtr. | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived at 2 Peachey Street, Nottingham with: Father: Henry Daubney, b. 1839 Dogdyke, Lincs Mother: Harriett Daubney, b.1857 Bingham Sisters: Elizabeth M, b. 1882 Nottingham Beatrice, b. 1893 Nottingham Gertrude A, b.1895 Nottingham Ethel P, b.1900 Nottingham |
Builder |
“In 1881 Percy’s father had been a joiner living with his first wife Betsey (nee Shotbolt) (m. Spalding 1861). In 1891 he was a widower with three children, Harriett Walker was his housekeeper.” They married in 1892.” |
| Census 1911 | Lived at 6 Peachey Street, Nottingham with: Father: Henry Mother: Harriett Sisters: Beatrice Ellen Gertrude Annie Ethel Pretoria AND Hannah Elizabeth Martin, b. 1887 Newark |
School retired builder Milliner Dressmaker school Domestic general servant |
Gertrude married Albert Hitchcock who served with the Sherwood Foresters |
| 1918 AVL | White House, Nottingham Rd., Bingham | ||
| Electoral register | 1921: Harriett Daubney at White House, Long Acre. | Father Henry died in Bingham 24th February 1921. Builder, The White House Bingham, effects £6661 11s 8d. Left to widow, Harriett, and sons [by his first wife, Betsy], Henry (the younger, builder, b. 1870) and John Herbert (joiner b.1875.). | |
| 13th May 1921 | Died and buried Bingham Cemetery. Note that his father, mother and sister
Ethel are also buried there. Cause of death: Meningitis. Inquest held14th May 1921. His address was The White House, Bingham. |
Press item: Nottingham Evening Post 24 May 1921 Report of meeting of Education Committee “The Clerk reported the death of Mr Percy A Daubney, fifth assistant clerk to the Clerk to the Guardians. Mr Daubney (who was the son of a former member of the Board) was badly cut up during the rebellion in Ireland and was again wounded in France, but returned to his civil duties, and was at work the day before he died.” |
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| 1922 | Probate: Percy Albert Daubney of White House Bingham. Effects £135-17s-5d to Harriett Daubney, widow (his mother). |
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