WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 92824 | Gunner Arthur Whitehead | 2nd Sherwood Foresters RGA 41 A’A’ Coy |
B. 1898 |
| Medal card | Enlisted 6/2/1916 Discharged on medical grounds 23/4/1917 Application for medal resubmitted as application was illegible. Granted SWB badge. The badge was awarded to soldiers who were discharged from the army and so not eligible for Victory or British medals |
13th July 1917 awarded silver war badge | |
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: wounded twice on the Western Front AVL Address: Union Street |
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Family history etc
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| 1898 | Born Aslockton | ||
| Census 1901 | Living in Aslockton with Father: Joseph, b.1858 Orston Mother: Betsy L, b 1858 Bottesford Siblings: John, b.1883 Aslockton Fred, b.1891 Aslockton Herbert, b. 1893 Orston Ada, b. 1896 Aslockton |
Chimney sweep own a/c Labourer farm |
Brother John served with The Royal Engineers |
| Census 1911 | Living in Needham Street with Father: Joseph Mother: Betsy L Siblings: Herbert Ada Willie,b.1905 Sandiacre Doris, b.1910 Aslockton |
Chimney sweep own a/c Farm Labourer |
Arthur was the 11th of 13 children and became a coal miner. Two of Arthur’s elder brothers were coal miners. Bill and Thomas had both worked at Kimberley, and then Bill moved to Mansfield. |
| 1915 | Nottingham Evening Post Newspaper item 24th September
1915. Arthur, of 2nd Sherwood Foresters, and Betsy Lynn appeared in court in Grantham for falsely claiming Arthur had received higher wages as a coalminer than he had, so the army would pay his mother more. Whitehead was described as a miner employed by Barber Walker and Co and had declared his wages as £1-13s-6d p.w. rather than the actual £1.13s.6d. Mother and son were both fined 40s. |
Barber Walker owned coal mines in the Eastwood area. |
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| Not on Bingham electoral roll | |||
| 1920 | Married Alice Rawson, Bingham. Children: Thomas W Newark 1921 Edith M Newark 1926 |
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| 1939 Register | The Grange, Cotham, Hawton, nr. Newark Arthur Whitehead, b. 19 Oct 1896, married Alice Whitehead, b. 20 Jun 1896, married Thomas Whitehead, b. 19 Apr 1921, single One closed record |
Farm Labourer (Heavy Work) Unpaid domestic duties Farm Labourer (Heavy Work) Probably Edith |
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