WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Mary Winnifred Marriott | WRNS | Born 1898 | |
| Served as a steward at the first Royal Navy Air Station at Warsash, Southampton | Had been a maritime college until navy took it over in 1914 | ||
| 1918 | Enlisted 17th May 1918 Discharged 30th October 1918 |
(code WRG-7) |
 Photos © Samanth Huff |
Family history etc
| Mary Winnifred Marriott | |||
| 1886 | Samuel Henry Marriott (her father) married Susannah Bull | ||
| 1898 | Born Cropwell Butler14 July1892 |
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| Census 1891 | family living in 4 roomed house on Ratcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler
with: Father: Samuel (photo) Mother: Susannah (neé Bulll) (Photo) Siblings: Miriam, b 1887 Cropwell Butler [d1968] George William, b 1888 Cropwell Butler Joseph b. 1890 Cropwell Butler |
Agricultural labourer |
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| Census 1901 | Living in 4 roomed house in The Elms, Cropwell Butler with: Father: Samuel Henry Marriott, b 1865, Cropwell Butler Mother: Susanna, b1865 Stanton, Nottinghamshire Siblings: George Joseph Frederick, b 1896 John Leonard, b 1900 May, b 1894 |
Cowman |
In 1901 sister Miriam, aged 14, was live-in housemaid to the Derry family, farmers in Tythby. |
| Census 1911 | Living in Cropwell Butler with: Father: Samuel Henry Marriott Mother: Susanna Siblings: John Leonard, b 1900 Robert b. Cropwell Butler 1903 Arthur b. Cropwell Butler 1905 |
School and day girl (domestic) | Her brothers served in WW1: George, KiA Joseph Frederick Samuel Henry |
| 1918 | 29th July 1918 Mary Winnifred married Arthur Alexander
Pearson, Nottingham He was a cabinet maker in civilian life but on marriage was a sapper in the RE (34157) and had served in Egypt. She was a book keeper. Addresses: Arthur, 64 Moffatt Street, Nottingham Mary, 48 Exeter Road, Nottingham Their fathers’ occupations do not tally with any previous information: Arthur’s was a picture frame gilder Mary’s was named John (should be Samuel) and was lacemaker. We have some doubts about this record as Marriage certificate says Mary Winnifred’s father was named John and was a lace maker. Our main source is the family tree on Ancestry.com |
Arthur (b 1891) may have been the cabinet maker in 1911 census for
7 Young Street, Nottingham. His father was a boot riveter. He died June
1920 aged 28 Nottingham 7b 344 |
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| 1919 | On brother George’s relatives form she was listed by
her father as WRNS Polegate. But her WRNS record shows her leaving Warsash
in 1918 and she married in 1918. This reinforces the query above. |
Polegate was an airship station near Eastbourne where the WRNS supplied
cooks, clerks, drivers and fabric workers. See: http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/polegate-royal-naval-airship-station-at-lower-willingdon/ |
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