WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 4237 | Pte John Spurr | Royal Defence Corps. No.65 Protection Co. |
B. 1869 |
| Service Record | Enlisted 27/3/1917 Discharged 11/6/1919 under Para.392xvi K.R.S - this
meant he was no longer physically fit for war service. Awarded the Silver War Badge |
Royal Defence Corps was a corps of the British Army formed in March 1916 and disbanded in 1936. It was formed of (Home Service) battalions which were composed of soldiers either too old or medically unfit for active service and unable to be transferred overseas. The role of the regiment was to provide troops for security and guard duties inside the U.K., guarding important locations such as ports and bridges, as well as prisoner of war camps. | No 65 Coy. was part of Eastern Command. |
| 8959 | Private John Henry Spurr | Worcester Reg. (9th Battalion) | B. 1899 |
| Service Record | Served with the “Dunsterville Column” Worcester
Reg. in Mesopotamia and Russia The battalion sailed on the Cawdor Castle on 24th June 1915 for Gallipoli. See http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/bat_9_1915.php |
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| Dunsterville Column The Dunster force was established in 1917. It was an Allied military mission of less than 1,000 Australian, New Zealand, British and Canadian troops, drawn from the Mesopotamian and Western Fronts, named after its commander General Lionel Dunsterville. Its mission was to gather information, train and command local forces and prevent the spread of German propaganda. Later Dunsterville was told to take and protect Baku oil fields. The force was initially delayed by 3,000 Russian Bolshevik troops at Enzeli, but then proceeded by ship to the Port of Baku on the Caspian Sea. This was a primary target for the advancing Turkish forces and Dunster force endured a short brutal siege in September 1918 before being forced to withdraw. A more detailed account of the campaign can be seen at Wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsterforce and at http://www.gwpda.org/Dunsterville/Dunsterville_1918.html which contains General Lionel Dunstervilles diaries. |
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| Medal Card | Awarded British and Victory medals | ||
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served in Mesopotamia and Russia AVL Address: Market Place |
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Family history etc
| John [Henry] SpurrI [father] John Henry Spurr II [son] |
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| 1869 | John I: born East Bridgford |
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| 1871 Census | John I Living in East Bridgford with: Father: Henry, b.1841 Bottesford Mother: Ellen. B.1841 Bingham Brothers: William, b.1866 Bottesford George, b. 1871 East Bridgford |
Farm Servant |
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| 1881 Census | John I living in Church St., Bingham with: Father: Henry Mother: Ellen Siblings: William Elizabeth, b.1873 Bingham Jane, b.1876 Bingham Sarah, b.1878 Bingham Mary, b. 1880 Bingham |
Farm day boy Farm labourer Farm day boy |
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| Census 1891 (Henry’s family) |
John I Living in Moor Lane, Bingham with: Father: Henry Spurr, b. 1841 Bottesford Mother: Ellen Spurr, b. 142 Bingham Siblings: Sarah, b. 1878 Bingham Mary, b. 1881 Bingham Emily, b. 1883 Bingham Thomas b. 1885 Bingham (link to SpurrT.dcox) |
Agricultural Labourer General Servant |
Thomas served briefly in WW1. He was never listed in same censuses as John, probably as there was a 16 year gap between them. He was John Henry’s uncle. |
| 1895 | John I and Agnes were married in 1895 in
Dublin. Agnes was born 12/3/1876. Her parents were Michael and Anne Clancy
Valentine. Curragh Camp and Newbridge were Army Barracks. Cavalry were based
at Newbridge, so it is probable that John had joined a cavalry regiment
1898 John Henry II born Curragh Camp, Ireland |
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| 1901 Census | 13 Newdigate Street, Normanton, Derby: John Spurr I: b. 1871 East Bridgford Wife: Agnes b.1876 Dublin Children: Elizabeth, b.1897 Newbridge, Kildare John Henry II Ellen, b. 1900 Normanton, Derby |
Groom |
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| 1911 Census | Huntingdon Drive, The Park Nottingham: John Spurr I Wife: Agnes Children: Elizabeth John Henry II Nellie Agnes, b. 1906 Nottingham Ethel May, b.1909 Nottingham |
Domestic Coachman |
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| AVL | AVL addresses for both Market Place, Bingham | ||
| Electoral Register | 1918 John Spurr I, Market Place 1921-24: John I, Agnes, John Henry II living in Market Place, Bingham until 1925. |
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| John’s sister Ellen married Walter Atkin in 1922. She died in 1961 and probate was granted to John Henry Spurr retired tobacco worker. | |||
| 1937 | John Henry II married Florence Faulkner in Nottingham Mar qtr | ||
| 1939 Register | 24 Roker Close, Nottingham John H Spurr, b. 18 April 1898, married Florence Spurr, b. 1 Dec 1900, married Two closed records |
Tobacco Warehouseman Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1952 | John Henry I died March qtr, Nottingham aged 83 | ||
| 1962 | John Henry II died 27/1/62 aged 52, address 75 Nottingham Road, Trowell and left £242-7s 2d to Florence | ||
| 1985 | Florence Died | ||