WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| J48108 | A/B John Henry Burrows Flowers | Royal Navy | |
| Joined the Royal Navy as a boy entrant for 12 years on 11th November 1917. | |||
| Naval Record | He was 5 feet 2 1/8th inches tall, with a chest measurement
of 32¾”. His occupation was given as “caller up boy”.
His first posting was to HMS Powerful II, a training establishment at Devonport aboard HMS Andromeda. He had a short period on HMS Moldavia in 1917 (luckily, as she was torpedoed in 1918). He served on a number of ships until 1945. His last ship was HMS Queen Elizabeth. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal in 1932/3 and The Naval General Service (Palestine) medal for “PALESTINE 1936–39 – for service during the 'troubles.'. for information on the Royal Navy’s role in Palestine see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%9339_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine#The_role_of_the_Royal_Navy |
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| On roll of honour and AVL | RoH - Royal Navy – no details AVL 1921 - HMS E? (naval record show to be “Queen Elizabeth”) |
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Family history etc
| A/B John Henry Burrows Flowers | |||
| 1899 | Derby Born 11/11/1899 as on naval record | ||
| Living in Derby with: Mother: Mary E b. Oslockton Derbys 1876 Sister: Florrie b. Derby 1901 |
No place called oslockton –mis transcription for Aslockton but census
return says Derbyshire! Mary listed as “Wife” |
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| Census 1901 Family | Father: Frank Burrows living in Mansfield as a boarder. Mother: Mary E Flowers, b1876 in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, married, was living at Rebecca Row, Derby, with her Son: John H Burrows, b 1900 in Derby Daughter: Florrie Burrows, b 1901 in Derby. |
Working as Sand carter | Members of the family seem to have used both Burrows and Flowers as their surname at different times. |
| Census 1911 | John Henry Burrows Living at 7 Moor Lane, Bingham with: Father: Frank Burrows Mother: Elizabeth Burrows, b 1876 Siblings: Florrie Burrows, b 28/10/1901 William, Burrows b Bingham 21/07/1905 Thomas Burrows, b Bingham 29/04/1908 |
Farm Labourer |
His father, Frank, was killed in WW1 |
| ER 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, | Moor Lane marked as absent voter on registers until 1931 (last register available) | Using name John Henry Flower Mother shown as an elector |
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| ER 1925, 1926 1927 |
Shown as ‘A’ (AVL) Moore lane, but mother not listed. | Also listed at 4 Moor Lane – George Henry Barnes (from 1927) Mother Mary Elizabeth died 11 Dec 1924 aged 50 and buried in Bingham cemetery with Frank. |
Clearly Barnes moved into the Flower’s family home after he married Florrie in 1925. They had a daughter (Edna) in 1927. |
| ER 1928 | Moore Lane Also (Autumn) William Burrows Flowers 4903170(?) Pte ? |
Using name John Henry Burrows Flowers Also George Henry Barnes at number 4. |
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| ER 1929 | John Henry Flowers and William Burrows Flowers both marked ‘a’ on list. | Also listed at 4 Moor Lane – George Henry Barnes AND Florrie Barnes – JH and WB’s sister (m 1925 in Bingham) | |
| ER 1930, 1931 | John Henry Flowers and William Burrows Flowers both marked ‘a’ on list. | Also listed at 4 Moor Lane – George Henry Barnes AND Florrie Barnes AND Thomas Flowers (now of voting age and also marked ‘a’) | |
| 1984 | Died 28th May 1984 aged 84 at his home 39 Hill Drive, Bingham. | The death certificate gives his occupations as 1. Able Seaman (Gunner, Royal navy) (retired) 2. Civilian Batman (retired). |
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