WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 42231 [NF] 9/7161 [DLI] 325621[DLI] |
Private Samuel Scothern | Northumberland Fusiliers (14th Service) Battalion (Pioneers) Durham Light Infantry |
B. 1876 |
| Service record | Enlisted 12th May 1916 with 12th Battalion Training Reserve,
Sherwood Foresters, no.46017. Age on enlistment: 42yrs 62 days Height: 5’ 4¾’’ Girth: 34’’ expands 2’’ ; Weight: 113llbs; Vision: good; Teeth: bad. Next of kin: Mother Harriett. Trade: Blacksmith striker. Embarked Folkestone 5/10/16, arrived Boulogne same day and posted to 14th Northumberland Fusiliers. On the 19th he was transferred to the 1/9th Durham Light Infantry and given number 7161. Transferred to Reserve 25/2/19 |
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| 1916 War Diaries | War diaries of Oct. and Nov. 1916 give accounts of the work of the pioneers, repairing trenches, building huts and laying railway tracks. Also continued same work when transferred to Durham Light Infantry. See Ancestry Military (War Diaries) | ||
| Medal Card | Awarded Victory and British Medals | ||
Family history etc
| Samuel Scothern | |||
| 1876 | Born in Bingham | ||
| 1881 Census | Living in Grantham Road with: Father: Joseph, b.1843 Bingham Mother: Harriet, b.1841 Sheffield Siblings: James, b.1869 Sheffield Herbert, b.1871 Sheffield Fred, b.1874 Bingham Lucy, b.1879 Bingham |
Agricultural Labourer |
Samuel’s father married Harriet Gill in 1866 in Sheffield. He was working as a labourer in an iron works. The 1871 census shows 8 adults from East Bridgford or Bingham living in the same street. The men all working in iron works. |
| 1891 Census | Living in Grantham Road with: Father: Joseph Mother: Harriet Siblings: Fred Lucy Harry, b.1882 Bingham Charles, b.1885 Bingham |
Grocer’s Apprentice Agricultural Labourer Tinman’s Apprentice |
Harry served in the navy then the RAF. Click on his name to learn more. He is not included on the Roll of Honour |
| 1901 Census | Living as a boarder in Roby Cottages, Nottingham with: Henry Dexter, b.1869 Clipsham on the Wolds, Notts Wife: Hariett Dexter, b.1867 Bingham Son: Henry Dexter, b. 1893 Nottingham AND Thomas Garfield, b. Bingham |
Journeyman Butcher Stationary engine driver Journeyman Butcher |
By 1911 Thomas Garfield was a butcher [not on his own account] in Long Acre, Bingham |
| 1911 | Living as head of household at 85 Church Street, Stockingford, nr
Nuneaton with: Boarder: Simon Potts Carrott, b. Louth, widower |
Butcher [not on own account] Domestic groom |
Samuel is shown as single |
| 1916 | His service record shows he was living in Bingham. | ||
| 1918 | The AVL shows he was living in Derry’s Cottages, Grantham Road with his mother Harriet. | ||
| 1920 | Married Agnes May in Nottingham, Dec qtr 1920 | ||
| Electoral roll | 1919: shows him living in Derry’s cottages with Harriett 1921-1930 : Grantham Road: Sam and Agnes Scothern. Also John Charles and Ann Eliza Scothern. |
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| 1931 | Samuel died, Bingham 8th May 1931. Aged 55. Informant: A Scothern, widow Occupation: Agricultural engineer’s labourer. |
Cause: 1) Heart Failure 2) Pleural Effusion 3) Carcinoma of the lung |
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| Note | Samuel’s sister Lucy married William Cowdell in 1910. She died in 1979. | ||