WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 16923 | Company Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur Edwin Gill | 12th Sherwood Foresters | b. 1886 |
| Medal Card | Records that he was a Private, then C/Sgt (Colour?). Awarded British, Victory and 15 Star medals. Entered France 29th August 1915 Discharged class Z (Reserves) 1 April1919. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Wounded on the Western Front AVL: Long Acre; 16923 CQMS 12th Sherwood Foresters |
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| Forces War Records | Arthur’s medal card date of entry to France of 29th
August 1915 corresponds with the battalion’s mobilisation date below.
He would have been involved in all of the following: 12th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) 01.10.1914 Formed at Derby as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Shoreham area attached to the 24th Division. April 1915 Became a Pioneer Battalion of the 24th Division. 29.08.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various action on the Western Front including; 1915 The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered severe losses and took the rest of the year to rebuild). 1916 The German gas attack at Wulverghem, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont. 1917 The Battle of Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Cambrai Operations. 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The First Battle of the Avre, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre, The passage of the Grand Honelle. 11.11.1918 Ended the war at Le Louvion east of Bavai, France. |
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Family history etc
| Arthur Edwin Gill | |||
| 1886 | b. Bingham Dec. qtr. | ||
| 1881 [family] |
Needham Street, Bingham James Gill, b. 1851 in Burton Lazars , Leics. Sarah Gill, b. 1856 Kinoulton John E Gill, b. 1877 Kinoulton Thomas, b. Leicester |
Grocer’s porter |
Sarah, wife of James, died 23 February 1890 aged 34 (Bingham cemetery) |
| 1891 Census | Living in Needham Street with: Father: James. b. 1851 Burton Lazars , Leics. Step-Mother: Elizabeth, b. 1864 Bingham Siblings: John, b. 1877 Kinoulton Thomas, b. 1879 Leicester Selina, b. 1888 Bingham |
Grocer’s porter Apprentice grocer |
James may have married Elizabeth Knight in Nottingham Jun qtr. 1891 John Edward died South Africa 1900 (memorial in Bingham cemetery) |
| 1901 Census | Living in Long Acre with: Father: James Step-Mother: Eliza Siblings: Thomas Selina Half-sister: Ethel, b.1894 Bingham Visitor: Ellen Gill, b.1855 Bingham |
Warehouseman Agricultural labourer |
Thomas married Lydia Philips, 1902. Died 1905. (Bingham Cemetery) |
| 1911 Census | Living in Long Acre, Bingham with: Father: James Step-Mother: Elizabeth Sister: Selina Elizabeth Half-sister: Ethel |
Mineral Porter (Great Northern Railway) Grocery Warehouseman Domestic servant |
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| Electoral Register | 1921- 8: James and Elizabeth in Long Acre 1929-31: Elizabeth in Long Acre |
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| 1921 | 18th June 1921, married Louisa Huggins in St. Leodegarius Church, Old
Basford Children: Joan, Dec1922, Nottingham Ivy E, Mar1924, Nottingham |
Arthur’s occupation was railway employee and his address
247 Vernon Road Louisa’s address was York Cottage, Coventry Road, Bulwell. She was aged 22 (i.e. b. 1899). His father was a warehouseman; her father worked at the Corporation Works and Ways Dept. |
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| 1939 Register | Fairfield Street, Bingham: Elizabeth Gill, b. 13 June 1864, widowed Cecil Hollingshead, b. 4 Oct 1909, married Esther Hollingshead, b. 20 Jun 1912, married One closed record |
Unpaid domestic duties Baker confectioner journeyman Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1939 Register | 88 Oban Street , Leicester: Arthur E. Gill, b. 23 Sept 1886, married Louisa Gill, b. 29 Mar 1899, married One closed record |
Railway Passenger Guard Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1941 | Arthur Edwin Gill, of 88 Oban Street, died in Leicester on
15th November 1941. Occupation: Railway Guard. Cause of death; Malignant endocarditis, broncho-pneumonia and influenza. |
Administration was granted to his widow, Louisa Gill. Effects £933 17s | |