WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 1475 [SNH] 164646 [MGC] |
Lance Corporal John E Hemmings | S Notts Hussars Machine Gun Corps |
born 1896 |
| Medal roll | Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals with MGC. Entered Egyptian theatre 26/4/15 No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served in Egypt, Salonika and Western Front AVL Address: Escourt House, Needham Street |
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| Long Long Trail web site | South Notts Hussars: 9 April 1915 : sailed from Avonmouth for service in Egypt. On arrival at Alexandria on 24 April was dismounted. [Dates are close to medal Card entry date] 18 August 1915 : landed at Suvla Bay (Gallipoli). December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and returned Egypt. January 1916 : 2nd Mounted Division broken up. February 1916 : moved to Salonika, with brigade retitled as 7th Mounted Brigade. June 1917 : brigade began to return to Egypt. 4 July 1917 : arrived in Egypt and brigade placed under orders of Desert Mounted Corps. April 1918 : merged with Warwickshire Yeomanry to form B Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps. 26 May 1918 : sailed from Alexandria on "Leasowe Castle" which was torpedoed. Returned to Egypt. 18 June 1918 : sailed again, arriving Taranto (Italy) 21 June 1918. Moved by train to Etaples [France]. 19 August 1918 : renamed as 100 Battalion MGC. |
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Family history etc
| John (Jack) Hemmings | |||
| 1896 | Born Bingham | ||
| 1901 census | Living in Fisher Lane, Bingham with: Father: Frederick Hemmings, b. 1865 Baldock, Herts Mother: Alice Hemmings, b. 1865 Baldock Siblings: Nellie, b.1889 Baldock Maggie, b. 1893 Colwick William, b. 1892 Colwick Ethel, b.1895 Colwick |
Railway Porter |
William served in WW1. Click on name to learn more |
| 1911 census | Jack (John) living in Rose Cottage, Fisher Lane with: Father: Frederick Mother: Alice Siblings: Ethel Lily, b. 1907 Bingham Dora, b. 1910 Nottingham |
Railway Porter |
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| 1911 | Dec qtr his father Frederick died in Bingham. Mother Alice married Robert William Holmes in 1914. | ||
| Research note re mother Alice | She was born Alice S Clement, her father, Richard, was an
agricultural labourer [1871 census when she was aged 11 months (i.e b. 1870]. Her age was understated in 1901 and 1911 censuses- year of birth should be 1870/1] Nellie was the family name for Florence R Hemmings. Maggie was Margaret. [From Family Tree on Ancestry.co.uk] 22nd April 1889 she married Frederick Charles Hemmings in Baldock. Frederick died in 1911, after the census. She married Robert Holmes on August 4th 1914 and gave her age as 43 (i.e. born 1871). The family trees do not list this event. She was described as a widow, neé Clement, and her father was said to be a coal merchant. Witnesses included her daughters Ethel Hemmings, Florrie Hemmings and Margaret Hemmings. |
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| Electoral registers | 1921-1923 Escourt House: Needham Street. [with William] | ||
| 1922 | November 20th; married Beatrice M Morley, Grimsby. John was
a railway porter. Her father was a farmer. Son: John F b. Bingham 1924 |
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| 1939 Register | 5 Keeton Road, Peterborough, John Hemmings, b. 12 Aug 1896, married Beatrice Hemmings, b. 27 Mar 1902 John F Hemmings, b. 2 Nov 1924, single |
Railway Shunter (Heavy work) Unpaid domestic duties Van boy, Cooperative store |
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| 1948 | Died 20 April 1948 at Peterborough memorial Hospital, leaving effects of £871 3s. 1d to widow Beatrice Maud; 5 Kneeton Road, Peterborough. (Probate record) | ||