WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 312245 | Stoker Bertie Robert Hariss Singleton | Royal Navy | born 1890 |
| Army Record | On 7th August 1907 Bertie signed up with the Sherwood Foresters,
number 2129. After 49 days he transferred to the Royal Navy. On his attestation form his occupation was Farm labourer and his employer was Mr Derry of Tithby. |
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| Naval Record | Signed on for 12 years on 7th October 1907. Occupation Farm Labourer. Height 5’2”, hair light brown, eyes blue, fresh complexion. |
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| Naval Record | Bertie served in a variety of ships, progressing from Stoker
II to Leading Stoker before requesting to revert to Stoker I. No reason
is given in the documentation.
After being posted to various shore based training establishments his first long-term posting was to HMS Hawke in December 1909. He then served in a number of different ships and his conduct was generally marked as VG or good. He slipped to “Fair” on HMS Hermes. In February 1914 he was absent without leave and sentenced to 28 days detention and thereafter seems never to have had a character mark recorded! He served in the Mediterranean in 1916/17 and early 1919 his ship was
part of British action in North Russia in support of the White Russians
against the Bolshevik revolutionaries. |
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Family history etc
| Bertie Robert Hariss Singleton | |||
| 1890 | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1881 (family) |
Fisher Lane: Father: Thomas Mother: Emily, b 1845 Brigg. Lincs Children: Kezia b 1871 Bingham Jemima b. 1873 Bingham Thomas b 1875 Jane b. 1876 Bingham |
Agricultural Labourer |
Kezia was mother of Willie Cutting. Her birth year varies through censuses etc. FBMD has 1867 |
| Census 1891 | “Bertie” Lived on Newgate Street, Bingham with: Mother:Emily. widow Siblings: Jemima Jane Emily b. 1885 Bingham Willie G b. 1888 Bingham Lodger: Issac Randall b. 1863 Bingham |
Hosiery Seamer Hosiery Seamer General servant (domestic) General Labourer |
Father Thomas, Agricultural Labourer, died 1890. The family had lived
in Fisher Lane a.k.a.Isaac Jackson |
| Census 1901 | Living on Long Acre with: Mother: Emily Siblings: Jemima Randall William Nephew: Willie Cutting (mother’s grandson) b. 1895 Caistor Ester Stout (nurse child) b. 1901 |
Laundress Dressmaker |
Issac Randall not found: on 1901 census Willie became a driver in Royal Engineers |
| Army record 1907 |
Next of kin: Mother: Emily, Bradshaw Cottage, Bingham Brother: Thomas, Railway Cottages, Shirebrook Brother: William, Traffic Terrace, Colwick, Nottingham |
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| Census 1911 | Living on HMS Grafton, Portsmouth Brother William was a general dealer, married with 3 children living in Chapel Lane |
Stoker |
HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class, launched in 1892. She served in colonial service and in the First World War. Grafton survived the war and was broken up in the 1920s. |
| 1915 | Married Winifred Watson in Bingham. Children: Joan b 1922 (we cannot find record) Arthur Ronald b. 10th October 1926 at 14 Westmoreland Place, Pimlico. John b Dec qtr 1930 Hammersmith |
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| Electoral Registers | 1921-31 William Gretton Singleton in Morris Row, Bingham. | Rest of family not on list. | William died Bingham 1948 aged 61 |
| Electoral Registers | 1927-1931: Bertie and Winnifred Singleton living at 3 Bentworth
Road, Hammersmith |
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| 1939 register | Living in Needham Street: Bertie Singleton, b. 19 Sep 1890, married Winnifred Singleton, b. 9 Mar 1892, married Joan Singleton, b. 7 Sep 1922, single Arthur Singleton, b. 19 Oct 1926, single John Singleton b. 27 Mar 1930 |
Builder’s Labourer Unpaid home duties Laundry Press Hand School School |
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| 1958 | Died Nottingham City Hospital, aged 67 21st August 1958. Address 1 Needham Street, Bingham. Occupation: retired aerodrome groundsman. Cause cerebral haemorrhage. | ||