WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Sergeant Percy Whitworth Harris | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry,4th/9th Battalion Labour Corps [1917] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry,4th Reserve [1918] |
born 1894 |
| Medal roll | Entered France 26th August 1915 Awarded Victory, British and 15 star medals. Service record shows he was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished and gallant services. |
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| Service Record | Attested 11th September 1914 with Labour Corps (Yorkshire
Reg’t crossed out). Address Newgate Street, Bingham. Occupation Grocer’s assistant. Medical history: height 5’ 6 ?”, Chest 38½” (exp 2”). Hair and eyes dark brown. Next of kin: father Herbert; mother Annie, Newgate Street, Bingham. Military
History Sheet: Protection Certificate in name of Percy Whitworth Harris issued 12.2.19
with address: 35 Radcliffe Road, Nottingham. Memorandum from Labour Corps records office in York to Labour Corps office
in Nottingham: |
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| Long Long Trail | The only record of the regiment serving in Italy is: 9th (Service) Battalion Formed at Richmond on 26 September 1914 as part of K3 and in October attached to 69th Brigade, 23rd Division. Moved to Frensham and in February 1915 went on to Folkestone and Maidstone in Kent. 26 August 1915 : landed at Boulogne. November 1917 : moved with the Division to Italy. September 1918 : returned to France. 17 September 1918 : attached to 74th Brigade, 25th Division. |
Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire
Regiment) (“Green Howards”) The regiment is perhaps better known as the “Green Howards”. This title dates back to the wars of Austrian Succession in the mid-1700s. The Colonel at the time was named Howard. At this time, regiments were often referred to by the name of their Colonel. As the regiment was brigaded with another whose name was also Howard, there was duplication. So this regiment, which wore green facings to its uniform, became the “Green” Howards and the other regiment the “Buff” Howards. The “Green Howards” and the “Buffs” were names still in use in 1914-1918. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served in Western Front and Italy No AVL address |
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Family history etc
| Sergeant Percy Whitworth Harris | |||
| 1894 | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 |
Lived on Grantham Road with: Father: Herbert Harris, b. 1865 in Whatton Mother: Ann Harris, b.1866 in Tithby |
Painter |
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| Census 1911 | Lived in Newgate Street, Bingham with: Father: Herbert Harris Mother: Ann Harris, b. 1866 in Tythby. |
Grocer’s apprentice House Painter |
D. 1917 D. 1916 |
| 1919 | Address on demobilisation: 35 Radcliffe Road, Nottingham. |
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| 1932 | Married Freda L Attenborough. Bingham | ||
| 1939 Register | 119 Selby Road, West Bridgford Percy W Harris, b. 3 Jun 1894, married Freda L Harris (Rogers), b. 1 Dec 1905, married |
Salesman in Business Wholesale Food distributors and preserves. Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1962 | Percy died Basford | ||
| 1962 | Probate: Percy Whitworth Harris of 104 Selby Road, West Bridgford, died 13 May 1962. Probate granted to widow Freda Louisa. Effects £7248 13s. | ||
| 1964 | Freda re-married to Patrick M Rogers, Basford | ||