WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 136661 | Driver William (aka Willie) Cutting | Royal Engineers | born 1895 |
| Medal roll | Awarded British and Victory Medals. | ||
| Service record | Twelve images of Willie’s service record forms are available
and mainly relate to his medical history. He enlisted at Newark on 30th
October 1915.
After training he was sent to Mesopotamia, present day Iraq. He had a series of serious medical conditions, including hospital treatment for malaria, severe middle ear infection, scarlet fever, serious abdominal pains and bronchial pneumonia. He was eventually discharged with a 20% disability pension attributed to Malaria. Nevertheless he transferred to the Reserve. The British force was primarily drawn from the Indian Army, which probably explains why one of his periods in hospital was in India. He seems to have been available for three distinct periods of active
duty: The army forms reveal something of his personal history. He was born in Grimsby and his mother was Kezia Eldret, a single parent. Genealogical research, reported in the family history section below, shows that Willie lived in Bingham in 1901, in his grandparents’ household. When he enlisted his address was 5 James Row, Millgate, Newark. Subsequently he quoted his mother’s address (in one form as next of kin) as 1 Sharpe Row, Newark, which is off Millgate. On enlistment his trade was as a labourer, but on a subsequent form he gave his occupation as chauffeur for a motor car sales room at 21 Castle Gate, Newark. |
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Family history etc
| Driver William (aka Willie) Cutting | |||
| 1895 | Born Grimsby (on service record)/Caistor on FreeBMD | ||
| Census 1881 Singleton Family |
Fisher Lane: Head of Household: Thomas Singleton, b. 1846 Car Colston Wife: Emily, b. Broughton Children: Kezia b 1865 or 1871 Bingham Jemima, b.1873 Bingham Thomas b 1875 Bingham Jane, b. 1877 Bingham George, b. 1881 Bingham |
Agricultural Labourer
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Kezia was mother of Willie Cutting. Her birth year varies through censuses etc. FBMD has 1867 |
| Census 1891 | Kezia Singleton, born 1871 Nottinghamshire lived In
Clee-with-Weelsby, Caistor with: William Allen, b. 1850 Mannington, Essex Bertha Allen, b. 1850 Barking, Essex Bertha, b. 1871 Grimsby Charles, b, 1873 Grimsby Ernest, b. 1877 Grimsby Six other children, all born Grimsby |
General domestic servant
Sail-maker |
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| 1891 census | Jeremiah Eldret living with his family in Frodingham, Lincs | Steel worker | |
| 1893 FBMD |
Kezia Singleton married Ernest William Cutting in Caistor | ||
| Electoral Roll 1895 1896 | 1895 Kezia Cutting, 16 Rutland Street, Humber Ward, Cleethorpes,
Grimsby 1896 Kezia Cutting, 17 Spencer Street, Humber Ward, Cleethorpes, Grimsby Note: no mention of husband |
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| 1896 | Death of William Cutting, 29 July 1896 at Boston Dock, Fisherman of Grimsby. “Found drowned without any mark of violence”. Certificate received from Coroner, Walter Clegg. Inquest held July 30 1896. | Lincolnshire Free Press August 4th 1896: Drowned in Boston Dock On Wednesday afternoon the body of a man was found floating among the timber of the dock. It was recovered and removed to the mortuary at the Workhouse and was identified as that of William Edward Cutting, a cod splitter on the trawler Brothertoft, who had been missing a fortnight. Deceased is a married man and was living in Spencer Street, Grimsby. An inquest was held before Dr Clegg on Thursday and a verdict of found drowned was returned, and the jury recommended the Dock Commissioners to take steps to make the dock less dangerous by ordering the quays to be cleared at night and by placing lifesaving chains on the dock side. |
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| 1901 | We have been unable to find Kezia in 1901 census | ||
| Census 1901 Singleton Family |
Bertie Singleton living
on Long Acre with: Mother: Emily Siblings: Jemima Randall William Nephew: Willie Cutting (mother’s grandson) b. 1895 Caistor Ester Stout (nurse child) b. 1901 |
Laundress Dressmaker |
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Bertie Singleton was Willie Cutting’s uncle. Willie’s mother Kezia was married twice, first to Ernest W Cutting and then to J Eldred. |
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| 1901 Census |
Jerry Eldret, single, b. 1877 Frodingham. Living with grandparents in Frodingham | Fitter/Labourer | In 1891 Jerimiah was a steel work labourer living with his father, James, an engine cleaner and family in Frodingham. |
| 1904 | Kezia Cutting and Jeremiah Eldret married 1904 In Glanford Brigg, Lincs. | ||
| 1911 | Willie living at Bradshaw’s Cottages, Bingham with Grandmother:
Emily Singleton, widow Cousin: Walter Singleton, b.1901 Bingham |
Farm boy Laundress |
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| 1911 family |
Willie’s Mother’s family lived at 16 The Screeds, Ashby, Doncaster
(actually near Scunthorpe): Husband: Jeremiah Eldret b.1877 Frodingham Lincs Mother: Kezia Eldret b.1874 Bingham Children: Arthur Edward Cutting b.1901 Glanford Brigg Lincs Lillian Eldret b.1905 Frodingham Lincs George Eldret b.1908 Frodingham Lincs Frederick Eldret b.1910 Frodingham Lincs |
Engine Driver (stationary engine in steel works) |
Arthur’s birth certificate (14/11/1901) named his
father as “William Ernest Cutting” deceased (but he had been
drowned in 1896!). |
| 1920 | Thomas William Cutting, chauffeur, married Eliza E Eldret
in Newark on October 2nd 1920 His father was “Fisherman”. Her father, James Eldret was an “Engine Cleaner”, b 1842, Frodingham. Both deceased. |
We have been unable to establish a relationship between Jerimiah and James, but it is likely Eliza’s father James was part of the family. | |
| 1939 register | The Bungalow, Park Drive, Horsforth, Yorkshire: Francis Darlow, b. 15 Mar 1872, married Elizabeth H Darlow, b. 29 Mar 1873, married Elizabeth Darlow, b. 18 Apr 1899, single Thomas W Cutting, b. 18 May 1895, married Eliza Edith Cutting, b. 2 Oct 1892, married |
Physician and surgeon. |
Children Nurse FD Francis also Colonel (Ret’d) RAMC. Territorial Army |
| 1939 register | 9 The Screeds, Scunthorpe: Jerimiah Eldret, b. 14 May 1876, married Kezia Eldret, b. 19 May 1870, married |
Dump attendant Unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1955 | Kezia Eldret died in Scunthorpe in Dec qtr 1955 aged 84 | ||
| 1958 | Jerimiah Eldret died in Scunthorpe in Jun qtr 1958 aged 81 | ||
| 1967 | Thomas W Cutting died Jun qtr 1967 aged 71 in Wharfedale | ||
| 1975 | Eliza Edith Cutting died Mar qtr 1975 aged 82 in Wharfedale |
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