WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Private Walter Francis Knight | Royal Army Veterinary Corps | born 1896 | |
| Medal roll | None found as home service No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour | Noted as serving on the Home Front. The fact he was listed on the main electoral register without an AVL note suggests he was discharged soon after the end of the war, if not before. | ||
Family history etc
| Private Walter Francis Knight | |||
| 1896 OCT – DEC FREEBMD | Born Epperstone as Walter Francis Seems generally to have been known as Frank. |
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| Census 1901 | Living in Main St, Epperstone with: Father: Walter Knight, b. 1872 Epperstone Mother Sarah A (neé Sims): b. 1872 Newark Siblings: Margaret, b. 1896 in Epperstone Arthur Wilfred, b 1898 in Epperstone And Boarder: Frederick Wheatcroft, b. 1879 Bingham |
General agricultural labourer House Painter |
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| 1905 Free BMD |
Sarah Ann Knight died APR – JUN 1905 Epperstone | ||
| 1906 Free BMD |
Martha Susan Hurt married Walter Knight Sep 1906 | ||
| Census 1911 | Living on Long Acre [East] with: Father: Walter Step-Mother: Martha, b. 1873 in Epperstone Siblings: Margaret Wilfred Half Sister: Edith, b.1908 Bingham And John Herbert Shepperson, b. 1892 Bingham |
Farmer helpmate farm servant |
Wilfred served in India with the dragoons |
| Electoral Roll | 1918 Hall Farm with brother Wilfred Arthur, who was marked “a” (AVL) | ||
| Electoral Roll | 1918 Hall Farm with brother Walter Francis, although still marked “a”
(AVL) 1921- 1931 Hall Farm: Walter, Martha, Wilfred, Frank and Edith |
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| 1939 register | Hall Farm, Long Acre East: Walter Knight, b. 26 Aug 1871, married Martha S Knight, b. 21 Dec 1871, married Arthur W Knight, b. 9 June 1898 John Edwin Knight, b. 7 Sept 1911, single Anne Hurt, b. 20 April 1867, single |
Farmer Unpaid domestic duties Farmer assisting father Farmer assisting father Unpaid domestic duties |
Child of second marriage Martha’s mother |
| 1939 register | Old Hall Farm, Main Street, Cropwell Bishop Walter F Knight, b. 28 Oct 1896, married No mention of wife |
Farmer (heavy worker) | |
| 1941 | Trades directory lists Walter as farmer Long Acre. | ||
| 1941 | Father Walter died leaving £769 19s 7d, executors: Martha Susan (widow), Francis Walter, Arthur Wilfred (farmers). | ||