WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 2742 | Corporal William Moncaster | “E” Squadron 17th Lancers | born 1891 |
| Medal roll | Entry to unstated theatre of war [see right– France] 8/11/14 Awarded Victory, British and 14 Star medals No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
From Wikipedia: At the beginning of the First World War, the 17th Lancers formed part of the 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division. The regiment landed in France on 7 November 1914. In the static warfare of the Western Front, the 17th was often restricted to infantry roles, such as the occupation of trenches. The Somme offensive of 1916 demonstrated that the mobile opening moves of the armies had come to an end. The cavalry had played a vital role in this stage of the war, but would find its role severely limited from this point on by machine guns, barbed wire and mud. In the first three years, the cavalry barely moved 20 miles in any direction from its starting point at Amiens. They sat in the reserves forever hoping that a breakthrough might be made that would require there assistance. The 17th was eventually used in its conventional cavalry role in 1917, at the Battle of Cambrai, which happened to feature the first large-scale use of tanks. In 1918 the 17th was transferred to the 7th Cavalry Brigade, part of the 3rd Cavalry Division. That year the men got another chance to prove their worth as a cavalry regiment during the last-gasp German Spring Offensive. The 17th functioned as mobile infantry during the attack, plugging gaps whenever the need arose, both as cavalry and as infantry. The 17th also saw service in the British counter-attack, including the Battle of Amiens. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Corporal 17th Lancers; Wounded once on Western Front AVL Address: South View, Fairfield Street, (now School Lane) |
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Family history etc
| Corporal William Moncaster | |||
| 1891 FREEBMD | born Binbrook, nr. Louth, Lincs JUN qtr | ||
| 1891 Census (family) |
Father: Jesse, b.1861 Somercotes Mother: Mary Ann, b.1862 Louth Siblings: John F , b.1884 Skidbrook, Lincs Jesse, b.1886, Raithby, Lincs Mary A, b.1899 Hollington, Lincs |
Agricultural Labourer | |
| 1901 census | Lived at Low House, Apley, Lincs with: Father: Jesse Mother: Mary Ann Siblings: John Jesse Mary Ann Elsie May, b.1897 AND Ernest Priestby b. 1881 Lincoln |
Farm foreman Farm servant Farm lad Waggoner on farm |
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| 1911 census (Family) |
Family lived at Mill Hill Farm, Bingham: Father: Jesse Mother: Mary Ann Siblings: Elsie May Jesse Niece: Lily b. 1904 Apley, Lincs AND John Clayton, b. 1887 Winsford James Wheeler, b. 1886 Goole |
Farm foreman Stoker Navy Horse waggoner Second waggoner |
Brother Jesse served in the Royal Navy & Oxon & Bucks in WW1, NOT on Roll Of Honour |
| Census 1911 | There is a William Moncaster aged 20 with the 16th Lancers in Landguard Fort, Felixstowe. | His stated birthplace is Pembroke, which may be a mistake. Pembroke could sound like Binbrook. | There are no other William Moncasters on genealogy web sites of a similar age and no Moncasters from Pembroke or indeed Wales. |
| 1918 AVL | South View, Fairfield St., Bingham | ||
| 1920 FREEBMD | William Moncaster married Lily Wood JUL – SEP qtr. Children: Lilly, b. Bingham 1921 Kenneth W. b Bingham1923 Vivian, b Bingham 1926 Phyllis, b. Bingham 1930 |
Lily died 1957 Bingham | |
| 1939 Register | 11 Council Houses, Nottingham: William Moncaster, b. 11 May 1890, married Lily Moncaster, b. 5 Jun 1887, married Lilly (Lily) Moncaster (Braithwaite), b. 12 Dec 1920, single Kenneth William Moncaster 8 Aug 1923, single Vivian Moncaster b. 22 May 1926, single Closed record |
Foreman warehouseman, sugar beet pulp Unpaid household duties Gown Fitter Butcher’s assistant At school Phyllis |
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| 1960 | Died Bingham 24/4/60 aged 68. Buried Bingham cemetery | Probate: 11 Nottingham Rd., died 24th April to Phyllis Goddard, wife of James Laurence Goddard. Effects £357 3s 1d | |
| He was a member of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. | |||