WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 87267 | Private William Reginald Handbury Wilkinson | Machine Gun Corps, Tr Bn 5th res Btn | b.1884 |
| Medal card | Awarded Victory and British medals | ||
| Service Record | Joined in Bingham on 12/12/15. Address Station Street,
Bingham. Occupation corn merchant 4/10/16: he signed a form “I understand I am being enlisted for the duration of the war with view to being trained as a motor transport driver, pay rate 1/2d pd. He was aged 31y 11m; height: 5ft 7½ins; weight: 129 lbs; chest: 36 expands 3½inches. He was posted for training with ASC 10/12/15 and later MGC 3/3/17. joined 76 coy 7/7/17 He embarked at Folkestone 22/6/17 and disembarked Boulogne the same day. He would have been involved in the third battle of Ypres. Often known as the Third Battle of Ypres or Passchendaele, the offensive began with encouraging gains but terrible summer weather soon bogged it down. By August the offensive was clearly failing in its objectives and had descended into attritional fighting. New techniques by both sides led to agonisingly slow forward movement for the British, at enormous cost in casualties to both sides. Bad weather in October led to the battlefield becoming an impossible quagmire. He was wounded at Ypres 26/9/1917, sustaining shrapnel wounds to chin, the result of a shell explosion. He was hospitalised in France on 10/11/1917. Discharged from hospital 31/5/1918 and sent to Queen Mary’s Military Hospital in Whalley 31/5/1918. Discharged from Whalley 10/6/1918. A Character reference on his discharge papers in Dec. 1917 notes he worked with horses and had an aptitude for Horse in Transport for 76th Coy. MGC. His address for pay was Northleigh, Station St. Bingham. Equipment on discharge - a Great Coat. No Arms. |
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| Roll of Honour | Wounded on the Western Front | ||
Family history etc
| William Reginald Handbury Wilkinson | |||
| 1884 | Born Car Colson, mother was Sarah Wilkinson | ||
| 1886 | Sarah Wilkinson married John Hanbury |
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| Census 1891 |
Living in Car Colston with: Grandfather: William Wilkinson, b.1830 East Bridgford Grandmother: Mary Wilkinson, b.1830 Granby Uncles/Aunts: Frances, b. 1864 Granby John, b.1866 Granby Margaret, b. 1871 Granby AND Harry Egglestone, b. 1860 Car Colston Morley Smith, b. 1875 Car Colston Sarah J Shephard, b. 1874 Car Colston |
Farmer Farm Servant Farm Servant Domestic Servant |
William, known as Reginald, was brought up by his grandparents’ William and Mary Wilkinson on their 480acre farm in Car Colston. |
| Census 1901 | Living in Car Colston with: Grandfather: William Wilkinson Grandmother: Mary Wilkinson Cousins: Margaret A Marriott, b.1881 Bottesford Gertrude Marriott, b.1883 Bottesford |
Working on farm Farmer |
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| 1905 | He married Edith May Hughes at Car Colston on 14th September 1905. | ||
| Census 1911 | Living in Northleigh, Station Street, Bingham with: Wife: Edith May, b.1879 Kirby la Thorne Sons: Henry Lancelot, b.1906 Bingham Vivian Roy, b.1911 Mother in law: Martha Ann Hughes, b. 1911 Wymeswold Leics. |
Corn merchant and farmer Visitor |
By 1911 Sarah and John Hanbury (Farmer) were living in Olney, Peterborough with nine children. Sarah died in Lincolnshire in 1942. |
| 1912 | Death of son Vivian Roy in Nottingham | ||
| Electoral Rolls | 1921-1931: Living at Northleigh on Station Street. From 1923 Reginald was a juror. | ||
| 1930< | His son Henry Lancelot married Mary Baldock | ||
| 1939 Register | Northleigh, Station Street, Bingham William RH Wilkinson, b. 26th Dec 1883, married Edith M Wilkinson, b. 18th Jul 1880, married |
Corn and Agricultural Merchant Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1965 1967 |
Reginald died Edith died |
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| 1989 | Henry died. Lived on The Banks | ||
| Reginald’s grandmother Mary died in 1903 and later that year his grandfather married 32yr old Betsy Wilkinson born in South Clifton. Their daughter Edith was born in 1904. | |||