WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Private Albert James Ward | 3rd Btn. Durham Light Infantry | b. 1883 |
| Medal card Roll of Honour |
Enlisted 26/11/1915 Served on Western Front and wounded twice (Roll of Honour) Awarded Victory and British medals. Awarded the Silver War Badge 22 April 1919. Discharged 22/3/1919 Kings Regulations XVIa - on account of disabilities contracted. |
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| There are no service or pension records on Ancestry. The third battalion served on the home front for the duration of the war. He may have been posted to that after being wounded with one of the battalions that served in France. |
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Family history etc
| Albert James Ward | |||
| B. 1883 | Bottesford | ||
| Census 1891 | Living in Bottesford at 1 New Station Street Cottage with: Father: George Frederick Weston Ward, b. 1852 Sheephall, Stevenage Mother: Emma, b. 1857 Kimbolton, Hants Sister: Annie, b. 1882 Pudsey, Yorks. Brother: George W, b.1885 Bottesford Sister: Emily, b. 1888 Bottesford Sister: Edith, b. 1890 Bottesford |
Railway Signalman |
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| Census 1901 |
Living in 60 High Street Grantham, Lincolnshire with : Employer: William Fillingham b. Hose Brother: George |
Page Boy Hotel Owner and Farmer Exhibit. Billiard Marker |
This was the George Hotel. |
| Census 1901 (family) |
Family living in 1 New Station Cottage, Bottesford: Father: George Mother: Emma Siblings: Emily E Edith Walter, b.1890 Bottesford Ethel, b 1855 Bottesford Herbert , b.1899 Bottesford |
Railway signalman |
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| Census 1911 |
Lodging at 5 Oxford Road , Leicester with: Mary Ann Sainsbury, widow, b. 1841 Edith Sainsbury, b. 1873 |
Waiter, Railway Co. Cook, Railway Co. |
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| Census 1911 (family) |
Family living on Nottingham Road, Bingham: Father: George Frederick Watson Ward Mother: Emma Siblings: Emily Edith Walter Ethel |
Railway signalman Housemaid domestic Milliner Telegraph operator Dress Maker |
Two brothers served in WW1: George served in the Labour Corps. Walter served in Royal Engineers. Click on names for detail |
| Electoral Rolls | 1921-1931 Nottingham Road: George Frederick Weston Ward (1921 also had a vote in Radcliffe), Emma Ward, Walter Ward. Albert not listed on ERs. | ||
| 1940 | Emma died | ||
| 1946 | George Frederick Watson Ward died 25/1/1946 at The Eventide Home in Radcliffe. | Probate to Frederick George Holloway railway signalman and George William Ward, storekeeper. | £457.9s 4d. |
George Frederick and Emma had further children see Walter Ward all born in Bottesford. In 1901 Annie was a housemaid living at The Grange, Eaton, Melton Mowbray, the home of Major George Paynter J.P. for Leicester.