WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 71678 | Driver William Henry Kettle | Royal Field Artillery | born 1897 |
| Medal Card | Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Entered France 30 July 1915 No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
Western Front, Russia and Turkey Union Street; 4th Res Depot Egypt RFA |
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| militarian.com | The following Royal Artillery units served in Russia from
1918-20: (a) North Russia: 6th Brigade, RFA (formed of 420th Battery and 434th Battery which served at Maselga and Medvejya Gora; 435th (Howitzer) Battery which served in Retchenga and Maselga; 1203rd Battery which served in Murmansk); and 421 (Howitzer) Battery which was attached to the 6th Brigade, RFA and served in Archangel. (b) South Russia: 1st Brigade, RFA which consisted on 11th Battery, 98th Battery and D (Howitzer) Battery and served from Batum to Tblisi. 10th & 28th Brigade also served in South Russia but did not take part in any fighting. |
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Family history etc
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| 1896 | Born Old Barnet’s Lodge, Empingham Rutland 15th June 1896 | Parents: Joseph Thomas Kettle, farm labourer, Susan Kettle, formerly Pacey. | |
| Census 1901 | Lived at Riley’s Farm Wothorpe, nr Stamford, Northants
with Father: Joseph Kettle, b 1871 Braceborough Lincs Mother: Susan [neé Pacey] b Edenham 1872 AND Boarder: Ernest Mallett, b. 1883 (place not known) |
Shepherd on farm Street Sweeper |
JUN qtr. 1895 [FREEBMD] Joseph Thomas Kettle married Susan Pacey at Edenham. Both aged 23. |
| Census 1911 | Lived at Saxondale, Bingham with: Father: Joseph Kettle, b. 1871 Banthorp Mother: Susanna b.1872 in Edenham Siblings: George Albert, b,1905 in Saxondale Ivy, b. 1910 Saxondale |
Farm labourer farm labourer |
Although Banthorp doesn’t now exist there is an area west of Greatford in Lincolnshire with woods and lodge of that name, near Stamford. Edenham is just north of Bourne. |
| 1918 AVL | Union St Bingham: Susan Kettle William Henry Kettle |
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| 1923 | Married Ruth H E Foster Dec qtr Bingham Children: George A, 1924, Bingham Mary E, 1929, Bingham Phyllis M, 1934, Bingham George FC, 1940, Bingham |
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| 1939 Register | Long Acre, Bingham William H Kettle, b. 15th June 1896, Divorced Note: d.o.b given as 1895 on original form but this is incorrect. The only person of the same name born in Oakham in 1895 was born on 3rd July. |
1895 Horseman on farm |
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