WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 21777 | L/Corporal Frank Huskinson | Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) | born 1893 |
| Medal Card | Served in the Balkans from prior to 31/12/15. Discharged 14/11/19. (This
may have been a formal administrative date; see SWB information, below) The Medal Card information suggests he may have served with the 9th battalion. After initial training close to home, they moved to Belton Park, Grantham. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros at the end of June 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th and 7th of August. On the 19th and 20th of December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli, moving to Imbros then to Egypt at the end of January. They concentrated at Sidi Bishr and took over a section of the Suez canal defences on the 19th of February. On the 17th of June 1916 the Division was ordered to France to reinforce Third Army on The Somme. They departed from Alexandria on with the last units leaving on the 3rd of July. By the 27th July, they were in the front line on the Somme and took part in The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Thiepval. In 1917 they were in action in Operations on the Ancre then moved north to Flanders for The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. In 1918 they were at Arras for The 1918 Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line and fought in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armistice the Division was on high ground east of Havay. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
Medal card shows he was awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. | |
| Silver war badge roll | Silver War badge records say he enlisted 9/1/15 and was discharged due to wounds 14/11/18. This was after the production of the Absent Voters List, on which he was listed. | ||
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Served in Greece and Western Front AVL address: The Banks |
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Family history etc
| Frank Huskinson | |||
| 1893 | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Living on The Banks, Bingham with: Father: Richard, b.1861 in Bingham Mother: Hannah, b. 1864 in Kneeton Siblings: Clarice,b.1891 Bingham Mabel, b.1895 Bingham Arthur b 1899 Bingham Alan, b. 1901 Bingham |
bricklayer |
Arthur served with the Royal Field Artillery |
| Cencus 1911 | Living at Trent College Shardlow, Long Eaton. | Laboratory Servant | |
| Census 1911 (Family) |
Family living on The Banks, Bingham with: Father: Richard, b.1861 in Bingham Mother: Hannah, b. 1864 in Kneeton Siblings: Mabel Arthur Alan, b. 1901 Bingham Emily, b. 1903 Bingham John Morris ,b.1904 Bingham Agnes, b.1906 Bingham |
Bricklayer General servant (domestic) |
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| Electoral Rolls | Living on The Banks: 1921, 1922 Richard, Hannah and Frank 1926 Richard, Hannah, Frank and John 1927 Richard, Hannah, John Morris 1931 Richard, Hannah, Agnes |
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| 1949 Dec | died East Elloe | ||
| BHTA | [see genealogical chart] | ||