WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 2005364 | Private John Derry | Age 32 78th Regiment, Manitoba Regiment, Canadian Infantry |
Born 1884 Tythby |
| Killed in action on 16/01/1918 The Battalion war diary does not record any action or casualties that day. |
Buried at Anzin St Aubin British cemetery | Grave ref: III. A. 5. | |
| 1917 | Enlisted January 10th 1917. Next of Kin Catherine A. | ||
| Canadian service records | From 40 images held on the Canadian web site, the following
additional information was discovered: Having joined the Engineers as a sapper, John was posted to England aboard SS Justica, a British troopship; he arrived on 14th May 1917. He was then posted to France on 7th December to join 78th Regiment. In his soldier’s will, dated 6th April 1917, he left all his estate to his wife, Catherine Alice, whose address was now Long Acre Bingham. He wrote the will whilst still in Canada; it was witnessed by two men with addresses in Montreal. On 16th January 1918 he was “dangerously wounded” (Gunshot wound to the thigh) and transferred to No. 30 casualty station where he died the same day. His record cards showed his and his wife’s address as 1061 Retallack Street, Regina. On one card this is altered in red ink to Fairfield Street, Bingham. On others it is given as Long Acre Bingham. Catherine was paid pay and separation allowance of $40 p.m. from January to June 1918 and a pension of $48 p.m. from the 1st July. She was also awarded a war gratuity of $100. Some of the forms show her Canadian address, some her Bingham address, depending on the date. In 1921 John’s medals were sent to her at Retallack Street. |
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| CWGC | Son of Richard and Mary Julia Derry, of Tithby, Notts, England; husband of Catherine Alice Derry, of 1061, Retallach St., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. | ||
| Bingham War Memorial | John Derry’s name appears on the Bingham War Memorial, although he had no obvious connection with the town. He may have had surviving relatives living in Bingham who asked for his name to be included. | ||
Family history etc
| 2005364 | Private John Derry | ||
| 1884 | Born in Tythby 29th October 1884 | ||
| Census 1891 | Living in Tythby with: Father: Richard Derry, b 1857 Tythby Mother: Mary Julia, b 1857 Nottingham Siblings: Sarah, b 1882 Richard, b1884 And: Elizabeth Derry,77, b Tythby James Kemp, 17 Frank Steel, 14 Ann Exon, 14 |
Farmer Richard’s mother Agricultural Servant Agricultural Servant Domestic servant |
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| Census 1901 |
Living in Tythby with: Father: Richard Derry, b. 1857 Tythby Mother: Mary Julia, b. 1857 Nottingham Siblings: Sarah, b 1882 Richard, b1884 Benjamin Thomas, b1892 Harry, b1894 Elsie Annie, b1900 Cousin: Sarah, b1882 Boarders: Thomas Clayton, aged 19 Miriam Marriott, aged14. |
Farmer servant |
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| April 1910 Canadian passenger lists |
John Derry and his brother Richard emigrated to Canada on the SS Victorian sailing from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia. John married Catherine Alice from Regina, Saskatchewan. | ||
| Census 1911 |
Family living in a ten-roomed house in Tythby with: Father: Richard Derry Mother: Mary Julia Derry Siblings: Benjamin Thomas Harry Elsie Also: D’Arcy Edmund Erith, 19 William Clarke, 16 Gladys Winter, 17 |
Farmer Farm pupil Waggoner housemaid |
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| 1911 Canadian census | Living in Marquette, Manitoba with: Henry Thompson, b Oct 1875, England Elizabeth Thompson, b Aug 1881, England |
Labourer on farm Farm Foreman, immigrated 1906 Cook, immigrated 1907 |
John: Shows birthdate as 25/10/1885, emigrated 1910 Had been working on the farm for 12 weeks and in 1910 had earned a total of $75 for a 60 hour week |
| April 1913 Canadian passenger lists |
Father Richard, siblings Richard, Benjamin, Harry and Elsie all emigrated to Canada on the SS Victorian, destination Regina. Benjamin and Harry were listed as clerks and stamped “joining brother”. Mother had died and maybe the lease on the farm had expired. No record of Sarah in 1911 – possibly married and stayed in UK. Possibly not until after 1918 since parents noted above as from Tythby. |  |
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| Enlistment papers from Canadian Infantry web site | Living at 1061, Retalluck St, Regina | ||
| Catherine Alice Derry | Various records on Ancestry.co.uk have enabled us to determine
something of John’s wife, Catherine’s, history. We have not found a record of her sailing to Canada or of their marriage. In 1916 Catherine and her son, John Edmund Derry, sailed on SS Gramoian, giving Long Acre Bingham as their address. In 1917 her address for receiving payments was c/o Mrs Smith, Long Acre, Bingham. On one record card her Bingham address was given as Fairfield Street. In 1919 Catherine returned to Canada without John Edmund, aboard the SS Scotia. Most passengers were soldiers being repatriated after the war. All were listed with their service numbers, or in Catherine’s case, her husband’s. Analysis of the UK Census for 1911 and 1901 reveal Catherine was the daughter of Edmund Derry Smith, the church sexton, whose cottage was on the corner of Fairfield Street and Long Acre. Bingham baptism records show she was baptised Catherine Alice on 23rd October 1887. |
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| Two generations (Richard snr and his father Thomas) of Derrys can be traced n the censuses for Tythby back to1841. | |||