WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 127323 | Gnr Herbert Smith | RGA 300th Siege Battery | b. 1880 |
| Medal card | Awarded Victory and British medals | ||
| Service Record | Enlisted 31st May 1916. Address: Ivy Villa, Bingham. Trade:
Superintendent Assurance. Age 37 years 49 days. Height 5’ 10¾”, girth 36½”, expansion 2½”. Next of kin Sarah Smith, Ivy Villas, Bingham. Married Sarah Millington, Nottingham 22.10.1900. Daughter: Phyllis Maxine, b. 24.5.05. Posted 11/11/16 to 300th siege battery. Casualty form shows he embarked Portsmouth 19-6-17 and arrived at Alexandria 11-6-17. He served in Palestine until February 1919. His discharge papers (5/3/19) record that he had been an officer’s batman. In November 1922 he applied for his medals and gave his address as Hilstead, Bottesford. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served in Egypt. Various web sites show the 300th battery
in Egypt. It was attached to XX Corps from 2 August 1917. AVL address: Ivy Villa Church Street |
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Family history etc
| Herbert Smith | |||
| 1880 | Born in Willoughby on the Wolds | ||
| 1881 Census | Living in Willoughby with: Mother: Miriam Smith, b.1843 Willoughby, widow Siblings: Emma, b. 1870, Willoughby Albert, b. 1877 Willoughby Half-brother John Caunt, b. 1868 Long Clawson AND Lodger: Joseph Watson, b. 1858 Ashwell, Rutland |
Stocking seamer (home) Farm servant Agricultural Labourer |
Formerly Caunt (neé Lyne) |
| 1891 Census | Living in Willoughby with: Mother: Miriam Smith, widow Brother: Albert Cousin: Florence Smith, b. 1886 Borrowash |
Shirt Maker Farmer’s Boy Scholar |
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| 1900 | Married Sarah Millington in Nottingham, Dec qtr 1900 | ||
| 1901 Census | Living in Mapperley with: Mother in law: Martha Millington, b. 1832 Keyworth Brother in law: Jesse Millington, b. 1872 Keyworth Wife: Sarah Smith, b. 1879 Keyworth |
Groom and Gardener Widow Gardener (not Domestic) |
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| 1911 Census | Living at 504 Cedar Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham with: Wife: Sarah Smith, b. 1878 Keyworth Daughters: Doris Vera Smith, b. 1903 Nottingham Phyllis Maxine Smith, b. 1906 Nottingham |
Assistant Superintendent to Prudential Insurance Co. Ltd. | |
| 1918 | AVL address: Ivy Villa, Church Street | ||
| Electoral Register | 1918: Herbert and Sarah Smith, Ivy Villa, Church Street Not present on 1921 etc. registers |
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| 1922 | In November 1922 he applied for his medals and gave his address
as Hilstead, Bottesford We have found no record of him after this. |
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