WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 22448 | Pte Edgar Thomas Starbuck | 1st Grenadier Guards | b.1886 |
| Medal Card | Served in France from 27th October 1915. Awarded Victory, British, 15 Star medals | In 1919 The King ordered rank of private to be replaced by guardsman in recognition of their role in the war. They lost over 4,000 men and 12,000 were wounded. | |
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Served on the Western Front AVL address: Gas Works, Moor Lane |
 Photo courtesy of Duncan Mackay Sent 19/5/16 by Edgar, at No 12 Platoon, No. 3 company, 1 Battery Grenadier Guards, BEF To his brother, Walter, at No. 2 Company, 8th Platoon, Grenadier Guards, BEF. |
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| No service records available on Ancestry | |||
| Forces War Records | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards: Edgar went to France in October 1915, just after the battalion had Transferred to the 3rd Guards Brigade of the Guards Division. It was then engaged in various action on the Western Front including; During 1916 The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval. (Somme campaign) During 1917 The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Poelkapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Battle of Cambrai 1917. During 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Maubeuge |
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Family history etc
| Edgar Thomas Starbuck | |||
| B. 1886 | Born in Breadsall 1891 Census Living in Breadsall, Derbyshire with: Father: William, b.1860 Breadsall Mother: Mary A, b.1860 Breadsall Siblings: Gertrude E, b.1885 Breadsall Reginald, b.1888 Breadsall Kate E, b. 1890 Breadsall |
Gas Stoker |
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| 1901 Census | Living in Gas House, Moor Lane Bingham with: Father: William Mother: Annie Siblings: Gertrude Reginald Kate Dorothy, b.1892 Breadsall Fred, b. 1894 Breadsall Walter, b.1896 Breadsall |
Gas Manager |
1909: Gertrude married John Stafford Castledine Fred served in the Royal Navy |
| 1911 Census | Living in Gas House, Gas Works, Bingham with: Father: William Mother: Mary Annie Siblings: Reginald George Kate Alice Dorothy Annie Walter Fenton Harry Greensmith, b. 1905 Bingham |
Gas fitter Gas Manager Blacksmith Tailoress Draper’s Assistant |
Walter Fenton served in the Grenadier Guards |
| ER | 1921: The Coopers were now at the gas works. | ||
| 1922 | Edgar died in Nottingham General Hospital on 15/1/1922 aged
35 leaving £157. 15s. to his mother Mary Annie Starbuck. He was living
in Bottesford and was buried in Bingham Cemetery. Death certificate has his address as The Gas Works, Bottesford. He was an engineer’s fitter. Cause of death: Inanition over 8 months, no cause discovered. A post mortem was performed. Inanition is described as “Severe weakness and wasting as results from lack of food, defect in assimilation, or neoplastic disease.” He would have starved to death. |
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