WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 2076 305372 |
Corporal George Henry Footitt | 1/8th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) | born 1891 |
| Medal card | Entered France 2/3/15 Disembodied 15/3/19 Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served on the Western Front
AVL Address: Kirkhill Cottages; 305372 L/Cpl 1/8 Sherwood Foresters
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| Long Long Trail web site | Brief summary of 1/8th: 1/8th Battalion Territorial Force 04.08.1914 Stationed at Newark as part of the Notts & Derby Brigade of the North Midland Division and then moved to Harpenden and then Braintree. 25.02.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France. (A few days before George landed, according to his medal card) 12.05.1915 Formation became the 139th Brigade and the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1915 The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt. 1916 The diversionary attack at Gommecourt [To divert enemy’s attention from main Somme offensive on 1st July]. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin, The Battle of Hill 70. 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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| For History of Battalion, see: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20527/20527-h/20527-h.htm |
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Family history etc
| Corporal George Henry Footitt | |||
| 1891 JAN-MAR FREEBMD | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived in Needham Street with: Father: George H Footitt, b.1860 Bingham Mother: Rachael, b.1859 Bingham. Siblings: Mary A, b.1881 Bingham Florence R, b.1886 Nottingham Emmeline E, b.1894 Bingham Beatrice I, b.1898 Bingham Nephew: William B, b. 1890 Bingham |
Joiner/carpenter Cook(domestic) |
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| Census 1911 | Lived at Kirk Hill Cottages, Bingham with: Father: George H Footitt Mother: Rachael Siblings: Florence R Emmeline Elsie Thomas Alfred b.1902 Bingham Nephew: William Baden |
Motor Car Driver Joiner Machinist Denier Lace |
Florence married Joseph Marriott who served in WW1 |
| 1918 AVL | George Henry jnr, Kirkhill Cottages, Kirkhill | ||
| Family story | On his return from the war he was refused farm work because of his injuries in favour of able non-veterans. | ||
| 1925 | George Henry married Doris Gilbert, Nottingham Dec qtr. 1925 Children: Doreen M, b. Mar qtr 1927 Nottingham Beryl R, b. Dec qtr. 1930 Nottingham |
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| 1939 Register | 26 Caunton Avenue, Nottingham: George H Footitt, b. 3 Feb 1891, married Doris A Footitt, b. 7 Jul 1897, married Two closed records |
Male mental nurse Unpaid domestic duties Doreen and Beryl |
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| 1970 Free BMD |
George Henry died in Nottingham in Dec qtr 1972 [d.o.b 3/1/1891] | ||
| B and G Footitt were members of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. | |||