WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 60279 | Lance Corporal Oliver Roberts | The 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment | born 1899 |
| Medal Card | Awarded Victory and British medals. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry. We can find no record of when Oliver joined the regiment. We do not know when he enlisted, but he would only have been 18 in 1917. It seems most likely he would have taken part in the actions listed right for 1918 and possibly 1917. |
2/7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion Formed at Leeds, 15 September 1914. 1 March 1915: came under orders of 185th Brigade, 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. Moved on that day to Matlock and on in May to Thoresby Park, going on in October 1915 to Retford, November to Newcastle, January 1916 to Salisbury Plain and June 1916 to Somerleyton near Lowestoft. In October 1916 to Bedford and finally landed at Le Havre in January 1917. Engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1917 The Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The first attack on Bullecourt, The German attack on Lagnicourt, The Battle of Bullecourt, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai Operations. 1918 The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras. 16.06.1918 Reduced to cadre and returned to England. 19.06.1918 Absorbed by the 18th battalion of the York & Lancaster Regiment at Brighton (above from Long Long Trail and Forces war records web sites) |
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| Roll of Honour | RoH: Served on the Western Front | ||
| AVL | AVL: address – Derry’s Cottages, Grantham Road. A Co. 2/7th West Yorkshire Regt. | ||
Family history etc
| Lance Corporal Oliver Roberts | |||
| 1899 FREEBMD | Born Bingham MAR – JUN qtr. | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived at East End, Bingham, Bingham with: Father: Nathan Roberts, b.1854 Clifton, Beds Mother: Lucy, b. 1864 Somercotes, Derbys. Siblings: Laura B b. 1889 b. Harby, Leics Wallace, b. 1890 Harby, Leics Russell, b. 1892 Bingham Roland: b. 1894 Bingham(died OCT -DEC 1905) Lilian, b. 1897 Bingham |
Railway Timekeeper |
Brother Wallace served with The Sherwood Foresters Brother Russell served with Yorks and Lancs Regiment Click on names for details |
| Census 1911 | Lived on Grantham Road, Bingham with: Father: Nathan Mother, Lucy Siblings: Adelaide Mable, b. 1902 Bingham Percy Alexander, b. 1904 Bingham |
GN Railway labourer |
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| 1918 AVL | Derry's Cottages, Grantham Rd, Bingham | ||
| Electoral Register | 1921-6: Parents and Oliver in Derrys’ Cottages, Grantham
Road. 1927-28: Oliver and Esther Mary in Grantham Road (not Derry’s cottages) |
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| 1925 FREEBMD | Married Esther M Barrell in Bingham Parish Church, February 7th 1925. Children: Dorothy, Bingham 1927 Noel, Bingham 1929 Edna, Derby 20th March 1931 Joyce, Derby 1934 Lucy, Derby 21st August 1942 |
Oliver’s occupation: Cotton Operator, father Nathan
Roberts, railway clerk. Esther’s father John William (deceased), gamekeeper. Edna’s birth certificate: 55 Howe Street Derby; Oliver was a borough council labourer. Lucy’s birth certificate: 23 Lyttleton Street, Derby; Oliver was corporation/council road repair man. |
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| 1939 Register | 23 Lyttleton Street, Derby: Oliver Roberts, b. 6 Apr 1899, married Esther M Roberts, b. 25 Dec 1895, married Four closed records |
General Labourer, heavy work Unpaid domestic duties |
ARP Highways Dept. |