WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Private C N Wright | The Gloucestershire Regiment | |
| Research Note | We have been unable to locate records for CN Wright of Bingham, but Charles Henry seems to fit the limited information we have. | ||
| Medal card | Charles Henry Wright: Service number indicates he enlisted between 2nd March and 12th April. The territorial force was renumbered in 1917. (armyservicenumbers.blogspot.co.uk) Awarded Victory and British medals and Silver war Badge (list TL/473). SWB – 6th Battalion, enlisted 1.4.15, discharged 15.3.17 Sickness |
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| wartimememoriesproject.com | 6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Had their HQ at St Michael's Hill, Bristol and were a unit of the Territorial Force serving with the Gloucester and Worcester Infantry Brigade, South Midland Division. A to H companies were all based in Bristol and they had two Cadet Companies, also based in Bristol. They were part of the Gloucester and Worcester Brigade, South Midland Division and had just departed for their annual summer camp when war broke out in August 1914 and they were at once recalled. They mobilised for war service on 5 August 1914 and moved to Swindon, then to Maldon in Essex in the second week of August to concentrate with the Division and commence training. They proceeded to France from Folkestone, landing at Bologne on the 30th of March 1915 The Division concentrated near Cassel. On the 15th of May 1915 the formation was renamed 144th Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division. In 1916 they were in action in the Battle of the Somme, suffering hevy casualties on the 1st of July in assaulting the Quadrilateral (Heidenkopf). They were also in action at The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, capturing Ovillers, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 the Division occupied Peronne during the The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres. On the 21st of November 1917, after Charles had been discharged, they entrained for Italy. In 1918 they were involved in the fighting on the Asiago Plateau and The Battle of the Vittoria Veneto in the Val d'Assa area. At the Armistice the Division had withdrawn and was at Granezza. Demobilisation began in early 1919. |
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| Roll of Honour | Wounded once on the Western Front | ||
| No service records on Ancestry | |||
Family history etc
| Charles Henry Wright | |||
| 1885 | Born Bingham Jun qtr | ||
| Baptised 1885 |
Kneeton 17 May 1885 Father: Thomas, mother: Mary |
Mary Annie Caparn married Thomas Bentley Wright, Bingham. | In 1881 Thomas and his wife had a large farm in Kneeton. |
| Census 1891 | Living on Bingham Road, Radcliffe on Trent with: Father: Thomas B, b. 1855 Bottesford, Leic. Mother: Mary Annie (neé Caparn) b. 1855 N Witham Lincs Siblings: James C, b. 1880 Kneeton Thomas L, b. 1881 Kneeton Ethel M, b. 1883 Kneeton Father’s cousin: Mary Annie Wright, b. 1868 Kneeton AND Ane Fletcher, b. 1873 Bennington |
Farmer General Domestic Servant |
Note: in 1901 Mary A Wright was visiting Henry Reynolds in
Gunthorpe. Also visiting was Thomas
W Henshaw of Tythby who died in WW1. Henry was uncle to Thomas and Robert
Reynolds Henshaw (who also died in WW1). This coincidence suggests a link between the Wrights and the Henshaws, both leading us to Bingham. |
| Census 1901 | Living at 222 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol with: Father: Thomas B, Mother: Mary A Sister: Ethel M, b. 1883 Kneeton |
Iron merchant’s apprentice Retired farmer |
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| Census 1911 [family] |
Living in Hailsham, Sussex: Thomas Bentley Wright, b. 1855 Bottesford Mary Annie Wright, b. 1855 North Witham |
Retired farmer |
None of the people researching this family has found a record of CNW for 1911! |
| Electoral roll | Charles Henry living in James Terrace, Newgate Street 1921-1931 with Mary Annie (probably his mother) | ||
| Ancestry family tree | Charles H Wright Mother: Mary Annie nee Caparn |
Bristol 1901 1901 Iron? Merchant’s Apprentice |
Married Bingham district |
| FBMD | Thomas B Wright died in Bingham district Jun qtr 1916 7b 535 | ||
| 1939 Register | Newgate Street, Bingham: Emily Catherine Gibson, b. 29 Feb 1860, Widowed Mary Annie Wright, b. 18 Jul 1854, Widowed Charles Harold Wright, b. 19 Apr 1895, Single |
Unpaid Home duties Unpaid home duties Hosiery Packer |
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| 1951 | Charles H Wright d. Nottingham 25th Mar. (Gibbons family
tree and FBMD and probate list) Probate: address: Long Acre Bingham, died at General Hospital Nottingham. Administration (Bristol) to widow Ethel May Bickle. Effects £484 3s 6d. (We have not managed to find marriage record) |
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