WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

6925	Private George Rowe	Group No 1, No1 Company, 3rd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)	Born 1882
1901	Enlisted: 29/04/1901 in Nottingham
1904	With the battalion based in Singapore. His medical records show he was in Malta and various locations in the UK. He contracted a series of sexually transmitted diseases.
1913	When his first period of service expired he re-enlisted.
1914	Died 29/08/1914 of pneumonia at his home near Plymouth. He is buried at Weston Mill Cemetery. He is now listed on Bingham’s war memorial or Roll of Honour, and his name is on the Roll of Honour at Donyatt Church, Somerset (see family history below).
1914 Forces war records	3rd (Reserve) & 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions 04.08.1914 Stationed at Derby and then the 3rd moved to Plymouth and then 4th moved to Sunderland. George died whilst they were in Plymouth. May 1915 The 3rd moved to Sunderland and both battalions part of the East Coast defences until the end of the war.
Register of Effects	George’s back pay, calculated in two parts 11/14 (£1.10s.0d) and 10/15 (£1.10.0) was paid to his widow Beatrice Louisa) on 23rd April 1915. A second entry was started but crossed out.

6925	Private George Rowe
1882	Born in Bingham.
1891 census	Living on The Banks with: Father: George Rowe, b. 1832 Mother: Sarah, b. 1845 Siblings: Henry, b 1864, Tom, b 1869, John, b 1876, Fred, b1880 Ellen, b 1880 George, b 883 Arthur, b 1887	General labourer
1901 census	Living/boarding at the Chesterfield Arms, Church Street, Bingham With: Evangeline A Butler, widow b 1852	Working as Servant hotel keeper
1910	Jan-Feb-Mar married Beatrice Louise Street at Donyatt
1911 census	Living in Donyatt, Ilminster, Somerset with: Beatrice, neé Street, b 1889 Donyatt Daughter, Phyllis, b 15th May 1910.	Working as farm Labourer	Beatrice’s father was Eli Street, sexton of Donyatt Church. He died in 1938 aged 80, his wife Jane in 1942 aged 85.
1911 Army record	Their son, Wyndham Eli Rowe, b 15 June 1911 Chard
1913 Army record	Their son, Cecil G Rowe, b 1913 Chard
1915	Beatrice awarded army pension of 20s 6d pw for her and her three children. She was also sent the plaque and scroll sent to next of kin of those who died during WW1.
1966	Beatrice died on 15th January 1966 aged 77 and is buried in Donyatt churchyard with a small headstone that reads “our mother”.