WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 50595 | Private George Kettleband | Age 22 10th Bn Cheshire Regiment Formerly 41113 Leicestershire Regt. |
born 1895 |
| Killed in action 07/06/1917 |
Buried in Wulverghem-Lindhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium | Ref11. C. 7 (photo courtesy of NCC WW1 Roll of Honour web site) |
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| Ancestry.com | Enlisted June 1916 at Derby into 3rd Leicestershire Regiment with service number 41113 | ||
| Ancestry.com | His service record sheet lists various home postings and his transfer to the Cheshires on 19th March 1917. He went to France that day and was killed 11 weeks later. In 1922 he was awarded the British War Medal and Victory medal, which were sent to his mother. The receipt she signed has survived. Also in the records is the form to notify his regiment of the address to which to send his effects – Mrs Kettleband. | ||
| War Diary | The war diary for early July describes the particular action in which Kettleband and 25 of his “other ranks” colleagues were killed when the battalion succeeded in capturing an enemy position a part of the attack on Messine Ridge. An interesting sentence tells us they had studied a model of the German trenches beforehand. | ||
| Forces War Records.co.uk | The 9th and 10th battalions of the Cheshire Regiment were the major British force which, on the 7th. June 1917, the day Gunner Kettlebrand was killed, commenced an offensive to capture the Messine Ridge, as a precursor to the much larger Third Battle of Ypres. The Battle began with the detonation of twenty two mine shafts laid by the British over several preceding months, followed by infantry attacks supported by artillery bombardment and tanks. Whilst this Battle was argued to be one of the most successful British operations of the Western Front fighting, with German losses exceeding 25000 men, British losses were not insignificant, being in the order of some 17000 including Gunner Kettlebrand. | ||
| CWGC | Son of Demaris Kettleband, of 10, Long Acre Row, Bingham, Nottingham, and the late William George Kettleband | ||
| Register of Effects | George’s back pay of £1.19s.6d. was paid to his mother (sole legatee) on 18th November 1917. | A War Gratuity of £3.0.0. was paid to her on 28th October 1919. | |
Family history etc
| 50595 | Private George Kettleband | ||
| 1895 | Born Radcliffe on Trent |
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| 1884 Family tree |
William George Kettleband married Damaris Blatherwick on 23rd September 1884 at Radcliffe on Trent parish church. |
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| Census 1901 |
Living in Long Acre, Bingham with: |
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Not present: |
| 1909 (Ancestry.com family tree). |
William Kettleband died on 17th November 1909 in Bingham | ||
| 1910 (Ancestry.com family tree). |
Brother: William married Gertrude E Shepherd | ||
| Census 1911 | Living in Long Acre Row with: Mother: Demaris now called Mary |
Working as Carter in Fish Trade Charwoman |
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| Nottingham Evening Post |
On June 25th 1917 the family published this notice in the
Evening Post: |
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| 1922 | There is a record of the award of the Memorial Scroll and Plaque being forwarded to Mrs. Kettleband. | ||
