WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 143774 | Sergeant John Morley | Army Service Corps | born 1876 |
| Medal roll | No medals as he served at home and Ireland |  |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RASC AVL Address: Needham Street; 143774 L/cpl ASC |
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| Service Record | Attested in Nottingham 20/10/1915 at 39 yrs 5 months 5 ft 4 ins 143 lbs chest 38 ins There is a note (26/10/15): “has been tested in the ASC butchery and proves himself to be a fair butcher” “This man has not been tested in slaughtering” His former employer, Edwin Brown, Director of Hardstaff and Brown) wrote on 9/10/15: “... competent slaughterer and butcher, and has killed and cut up pigs for us for 3 years or more" He was initially posted to Aldershot, 20.10.15 and was transferred to K Company, 66th Field Butchery in ASC on 17.11.15. On 26.8.16 He was appointed acting (unpaid Lance Corporal) 16.12.16 he was transferred to K Supply Co ASC.6th Field Butchery. Reverted to Private. 24/12/16: transferred to 43rd Training reserve Bn. And given a new number TR/9/16843. 5.12.17 again appointed unpaid Lance Corporal. He received L/C pay from 8.2.17. He completed the annual musketry training course at Prees Heath. Volunteered for service as acting sergeant in the Army of Occupation from 28th Feb 1919 Promoted to Sergeant 26/9/1919 He was demobilised 20th March 1920. None of the extant records show service in Ireland. The photographs, courtesy of his grandson Stanley, show him in charge of training cadets after the war. |
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Family history etc
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| 1875 | Born Cropwell Butler, Notts 5th April 1875, baptised 2nd May 1875, Tythby (Family Tree, Ancestry) |
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| Census 1881 | Lived at Main St., Cropwell Butler with: Mother: Hannah, b. 1843 Bingham, Brother; Arthur, b. 1880 |
Widow |
(family tree, Ancestry): Hannah - neé Revill Father: John Morley (1840-1870) |
| Census 1891 | Lodging at Lees Barn, Radcliffe on Trent with: Samuel Pike, b. 1836 Holme Pierrepoint Harriet Pike, b. 1830 Langar |
Agricultural Labourer Agricultural Labourer |
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| 1899 | 30th Jan 1899 married Maud Harriett Shepperson | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived in Moor Lane, Bingham with: Wife: Maud H, b. 1879 Bingham Children: John F, b. 1899 Bingham Doris M, b.1900 (aged 8 mths) AND Arthur Knight |
Butcher shopkeeper Servant, butcher’s errand boy |
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| Census 1911 | Living in Needham Street, Bingham with Wife: Maud Harriett Children: John Frederick Doris Maud Horace William b. 1902 Bingham Arthur Revill, b. 1904 Bingham Robert Leslie, b.1906 Bingham Hannah Mary, b. 1909 Bingham |
butcher’s assistant school & barber’s assistant |
John Frederick served in WW1, click on name for details Note: Arthur Revill was presumably named after John’s brother and John’s mother’s maiden name |
| 1915 | Children named in attestation: John Frederick 14/7/1899 Doris Maud 29/7/1900 Horace William 10/8/01 Arthur Revill 1/7/03 Robert Leslie 24/5/06 Hannah Mary 21/4/08 Daisy Winifred 1/9/12 Beatrice Alice 8/12/13 all born Bingham |
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| 1915 | Living at West Lea Bingham when attested for the army | ||
| 1939 Register | Needham Street, Bingham: John Morley, b. 5th April 1875, married Maud Harriett Morley, b. 16th July 1878, married One closed record William (Sherman) Swift, b. 22 Feb 1886, married |
Butcher’s slaughterer and shop assistant Unpaid domestic duties Steel works inspector |
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| 1958 | From the South Notts Advertiser, 12th March 1958 "Two years ago Mr John Morley of Union street, Bingham, retired. Now he has started work again. And Mr Morley is 83 years old. Since he was 18 Mr Morley, who is a widow and lives with his daughter, has been in the butchering trade. Now he is back again serving behind the counter in Downing's butcher’s shop in Bingham Market Place... And he prefers work to being retired... "When you sit at home all the time you get depressed" Before he retired Mr Morley worked for 12 years with the Netherfield firm of E.J. Cope & Sons. During the first world war he went into the Army Service Corps - as a butcher. He came out as band sergeant. For 50 years of his life Mr Morley was a member of Bingham Band. Main difference between the trade and when Mr Morley first started 65 years ago? "When I first started you could buy a pound of steak for 1s.” he said. So now Mr Morley starts his business life all over again. "It’s better than being on the retired list", he says |
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| 1963 | Died 2/11/63 aged 88. Buried in Bingham cemetery, headstone
has incorrect date of 1983 Probate record shows he lived at South Manor, Ruddington. He died at Sherwood Hospital. Probate granted to John Frederick Morley, shop supervisor. Estate £1035. |
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