WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 98788 | Herbert Goodband | 19th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery | B 1891 |
| Medal roll | Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Entered France 25th June 1915. |
Rank given as SS - meant Shoeing Smith |
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| Service record | Enlisted 8th May 1915. Address 4 High Street Kimberley, occupation:
shoeing smith. Age 24 yrs 6 months. Descriptive report on enlistment: height 5’ 6?”, gith 39” (expansion 3”), next of kin: Hilda Mary Goodband, 4 High Street, Kimberley - wife. Details of marriage: to Hilda Mary Smith, at Bingham on 25th December 1913, address c/o G Smith, The Banks, Bingham Particulars as to Children: Joyce, DoB July 10th 1914, Kimberley. May 8th: letter to his employer, Mssrs Hansons. The Brewery, Kimberley, requesting a reference. Reply to printed questions: Employed since April 10th 1913 Always been sober and honest and quite satisfactory. They presumed he had been an apprentice. Is a good shoeing smith and has taken charge of our shoeing dept for 14 months. Reference signed by NA Hanson May 10th 1915. He was certified a proficient shoeing smith at No 3 Remount depot, Melton Mowbray on May 12th 1915. Posted to base depot, rank SS (Shoeing Smith) 4-7-15. He served in France from 2th June 1915 until 31 January 1917. He was serving in Rouen when he suffered a dislocated left elbow on 13th January 1917. This was described in a medical certificate as trivial and not likely to interfere with his suitability as a soldier. He was hospitalised and then sent back to England on Hospital Ship “Newhaven”. He was back in le Havre and then Marseilles in July 1917 and in Alexandria in August 1917. He served in Palestine during the whole of 1918 and in February 1919 was “temporarily retained in the army of occupation in Egypt; He returned home from Port Said on 20 June 1919 on SS Ellenga. He was demobilised in August 1919. His protection certificate gave his address as 3 Escourt Place Blgs, Bingham Army pay office: notification of birth of Magda Goodband on 23rd February 1917, regtl no of soldier 98788 SS Godband, payee’s name Mrs Goodband, The Banks Bingham File fly-sheet: 1) Enquiry as to his whereabouts from Miss Emme Belton, 71 Oglander Road, Grove Vale, E Dulwich (September 1915) |
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| AVL | AVL Address: The Banks. | Not listed in Roll of Honour | |
Family history etc
| Herbert Goodband | |||
| 1891 | Born in Cropwell Butler | ||
| 1901 Census | Living at Cropwell Butler with: Father: Jesse Goodband, b. 1866 Lincolnshire Mother: Lucy Ann, b. 1866 Dry Doddington Siblings: Nellie, b. 1888 Cropwell Butler Harry, b. 1899 Cropwell Butler |
Blacksmith |
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| 1911 census | Living in Whatton as Boarder with: John Henry Hoyle |
Apprentice General and Shoeing Smith |
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| 1911 census (Smith family) |
Hilda Mary, b 1894 Bingham, living on The Banks with: Father: George, b. 1859 Cropwell Bishop Mother: Mary Henrietta, b. 1873 Nottingham |
Estate Labourer |
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1913 |
Herbert married Hilda Mary Smith in Bingham 25th December
1913 Children: Joyce July 1914 Basford Magda February 1917 Bingham Noel Mar 1921 Basford Jesse Dec 1924 Basford Roy Dec. 1926 Basford |
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| Electoral Register | 1919: Escourt Place, Union Street: Albert and Henrietta Smith | 1911 census: they lived at East View, Cropwell Bishop and Albert was a blacksmith, b 1877 | We have not been able to trace a familial relationship between Hilda Goodband (neé Smith) and Albert, but presume there must be one. |
| Electoral Register | 1919-1931: The Banks; George and Mary Henrietta Smith | ||
| Electoral Register | 1922-1926 Herbert (and later, Hilda) Goodband, 24 Station
Road, Kimberley 1931, Herbert (now a Juror) and Hilda, 72 Babbington Lane, Kimberley. |
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| London gazette 1968 |
10 Cambridge Road North, Links Estate, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, formerly 71 Babbington Lane, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, Retired Blacksmith. 13th May 1968. |
From advertisement for claimants on the estate. | |