WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 7060[LR] SS102807[RN] 16112[O&B] |
Jesse Moncaster | Lincolnshire Regiment Royal Navy 8th Oxford and Bucks Regiment |
b. 1887 | ||||
| Service Record Lincolnshire Regiment (pre WW1) |
Attested at Lincoln on 11th June 1903. Occupation: Farm Servant. Height 5’ 4¼”; weight 115½ lbs; girth 34” (expansion 3”). Blue eyes. Red hair. Posted to Lincoln Depot11.6.04 and to 2nd Battalion on 12.9.04. On 14th February 1905 he was awarded 10 days (cells?). On 21st February 1905 he was discharged for Misconduct. He managed 256 days in the army. His next of kin were recorded as Jesse Moncaster, of Apley, nr Wragby Lincs and his brothers William and John. |
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| Service Record Royal Navy (Pre WW1) |
Place of birth: Louth. DoB 1 January 1888. Joined 28 March 1906 for 5-7 years. Height 5’4?”, girth 36¼”, blue eyes, auburn hair. Several tattoos Discharge SNLR (services no longer required) as not recommended for RFR (Royal Feet Reserve). Despite character references usually being VG he was in the cells for 8 days in July 1910. Offence not specified. Postings: Stoker 2nd class until June 1908 then Stoker 1st class.
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| Service Record Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (Pioneers) ‘C’ Company (WW1) |
Attested at Coventry on 10th November 1914. Birthplace given
as Louth. Answered “no” to question “have you ever served in the Royal Navy, Army” etc. Trade: Labourer. Address: School Lane, Bingham. Height 5’ 5?”; weight 137 lbs; Girth 37” (expansion 2”); Blue eyes, brown hair. Posted to Pioneers 21/11/14. Served on Home Front 10/11/14 to 29/6/15. Discharged 29/6/15 as being no longer physically fit for war service. On his discharge form he gave address as School Lane but did not name any relatives. |
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| Roll of Honour | Jesse is not listed on Bingham’s roll of Honour, nor on the Absent Voters’ List. | ||||||
Family history etc
| Jesse Moncaster | |||
| 1887 | born Raithby Lincs; Louth, 1 January 1888 (RN files); 1887 in 1939 Register, see below | ||
| 1891 | Living at Lambcroft Road, Binbrook, Louth with: Father: Jesse, b. 1861 Somercotes Mother: Mary Ann (neé Ward), b. 1862 Louth Siblings: John F, b. 1884 Skidbrook, Lincs Mary A, b. 1899 Hollington, Lincs |
Agricultural Labourer |
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| 1901 census | Lived at Low House, Apley, Lincs with: Father: Jesse Mother: Mary Ann Siblings: John Mary Ann William, b. 1891 Binbrook Elsie May, b. 1897 AND Ernest Priestby b. 1881 Lincoln |
Farm lad Farm foreman Farm servant Waggoner on farm |
William served in 17th Lancers |
| 1911 census | Lived at Mill Hill Farm, Bingham with: Father: Jesse Mother: Mary Ann Siblings: Elsie May Niece: Lily, b. 1904 Apley, Lincs AND John Clayton, b. 1887 Winsford James Wheeler, b. 1886 Goole |
Stoker in Navy Farm foreman Horse waggoner Second waggoner |
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| 1916 Free BMD |
Married Charlotte E Collins in Nottingham | ||
| 1915 | Joined National Union of Railwaymen at Colwick Junction | Platelayer | |
| Electoral roll | 1921: parents at South View, Fairfield Street [School Lane] 1922-9: Jesse and Charlotte at Griffin’s Row, Main Street, Carlton 1930-1: Jesse and Charlotte at 72 Curzon Street, Carlton |
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| 1939 Register | 42 Calcutta Street, Nottingham: Jesse Moncaster, b. 1 January 1887. married Charlotte E Moncaster, b. 15 Nov 1885, married |
Railway Relayer, Engineering Maintenance & Repair Staff Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1952 | Died Nottingham aged 65 | ||
| 1953 | Charlotte Elizabeth Moncaster died 23 February 1953 at the General Hospital, Nottingham. | Address: 18 Wainwight Street, Nottingham | Probate to George William Collins. Labourer. Effects £173 19s. |