WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 4022 | Sgt. Ernest Edward Skinner | 2/Notts. & Derby Reg E Co. R Lines, Scotton Camp Catterick |
B. 1887 |
| Medal Card | Awarded Victory, British, Star with Clasp and Rose (Clasp
and Rose issued Aug. 1938) [A bar clasp inscribed "5 Aug. to 22 Nov.
1914" was given to all those who qualified for the 1914 Star and who
served under fire. The soldier had to apply for it, as with Victory, British
and 14/15 Stars.] Entered theatre of war at St Nazaire on 11.11.14 |
Scotton camp was an Initial Training Camp for new recruits. Later became Catterick Camp | |
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: wounded on the Western Front AVL address: Union Street |
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| No service records available on Ancestry | |||
| Forces war records | 2nd Battalion 04.08.1914 Stationed at Sheffield as part of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division and then moved to Cambridge. 11.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1914 The actions on the Aisne heights. 1915 The action at Hooge 27.10.1915 Transferred to the 71st Brigade of the same Division; 1916 The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy. 1917 The Battle of Hill 70, The Cambrai operations. 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle. 11.11.1918 Ended the war at Bohain, France. |
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Family history etc
| Ernest Edward Skinner | |||
| 1887 | Born Finchley Middlesex | ||
| 1891 Census | Living at Lichfield Grove, Finchley with: Father: James William, b.1864 Blackfriars, London Mother: Susan, b.1866 Eydon, Northants. Siblings: James H.G, b.1886 Finchley Doris E, b.1890 Finchley |
Journeyman butcher |
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| 1893-1895 | Mother Susan died (two candidates on Free BMD) | ||
| 1901 Census | Living at Durham Road, Finchley with: Father: James William Aunt: Mary Hemmings, b.1862 Eydon, Northants. Siblings: James H.G. Doris E |
Painter Housekeeper Gardener |
Mary Hemmings was Susan Hemmings sister. Parents: Peter and Jane Hemmings |
| 1911 Census | Living in Market Place, Bingham with: Father: James William Sibling: Doris Evelyn Aunt: Mary Hemmings Visitor: Ethel May Mundy, b.1894 Windsor |
Unemployed Painter and Decorator Helping in sweet shop Housekeeper and helping in sweet shop |
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| Trades directory entries | 1908 James William Skinner, confectioner 1931, 1941: James W, painter and decorator, Union Street. |
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| 1921 | Jun qtr Nottingham Ernest E Skinner married Lilian Everley Daughter: Doreen born in Nottingham, Dec qtr 1922 |
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| Electoral register | 1921, Union Street, James William 1923-6: Ernest Edward Skinner, Moor Lane 1927: : Ernest Edward Skinner, Newgate Street 1928-1931: Ernest Edward Skinner and Lilian Skinner, Newgate Street |
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| 1939 Register | 1 James Terrace, Newgate Street, Bingham: Ernest Edward Skinner, b 8th November 1887, married Lilian Skinner, b. 1st September 1899, married One closed record Esther Mary Marman, b. 10th November 1899, single |
Grocery motor delivery van man (Heavy Worker) Unpaid domestic duties Probably Doreen Public Health Visitor, Notts CC. |
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| 1962 | Ernest E died 20th March 1962 Leeds aged 74, retired motor lorry driver. Died at 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds. Informant daughter DL Roberts of 17 Borrowdale Road | Address 17 Borrowdale Drive, Ferry Fryston, Castleford. Probate granted in Nottingham to Arthur Humphrey Smith, market gardener. Effects £3047 5s 1d. | |
| 1962 | Lilian died in Pontefract West Riding aged 62 | ||