WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

188428	Sapper Reuben T Hart	Royal Engineers	B 1896
Medal roll	Awarded Victory and British Medals No service/pension records exist on Ancestry
Roll of Honour AVL	Served on the Western Front in Royal Engineers AVL address: Market Street, Bingham 129 Field Co.RE
Long Long Trail web site	129 Field Co.RE. was attached to 24th Division from April 1915. However, not having the 15 star award, he must have joined in or after 1916. The Division was involved on the Somme campaign. Reuben could have been involved in some or all of: 1916 The German gas attack at Wulverghem The Battle of Delville Wood* The Battle of Guillemont* The battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916 1917 The Battle of Vimy Ridge, a phase of the Arras offensive 1917 The Battle of Messines The Battle of Pilkem Ridge* The Battle of Langemarck* The battles marked *** are phases of the Third Battles of Ypres The Cambrai Operations (the German counter attack) 1918 The Battle of St Quentin+ The Actions at the Somme Crossings+ The Battle of Rosieres+ The First Battle of the Avre+ The battles marked + are phases of the First Battles of the Somme 1918 The Battle of Cambrai 1918, a phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line The pursuit to the Selle^ The Battle of the Sambre^, including the passage of the Grand Honelle The battles marked ^ are phases of the Final Advance in Picardy

	Reuben Hart
1896	Born Harmston, Lincoln
Census 1901	Living in Church Street, Bingham with: Father: John C Hart, b.1873 in Bingham Mother: Bessie, b. 1872 in Harmston Heath, Lincs Brother: Arthur Edward, b. Bingham 1899 And Boarder: Arthur E Harwin, b. 1874 Holbeach	Wheelwright Blacksmith	d.1923
1911 census	Lived on Market Street, Bingham with: Father: John Cooper Hart Mother: Bessie Siblings: Arthur Edward Gertrude Mary, b. 1903 Bingham And Boarder: Arthur E Harwin	Helps in Wheelwright Shop Wheelwright Blacksmith
1923	27th August 1923 married Minnie Thornley in Register Office, Bingham. Children: 1923 Margaret E 1925 Ruby D 1926 Edith E 1927 Beryl M 1929 Raymond T 1930 Gertrude A 1931 Kathleen R 1934 Muriel M 1936 Audrey M 1938 John TP	His occupation was butcher. Both gave their address as Long Acre. Minnie’s father was a mechanical engineer	Witnesses were Frank Oliver Needham and Gertrude Mary Oliver (Minnie’s sister).
1936	Trades directory shows him as a butcher in Market Place.
1939 Register	Long Acre, Bingham: Reuben Thomas Hart, b. 16 Aug 1896, married Minnie Hart, b. 5 Aug 1898, married John Cooper Hart, b.23 Nov 1873, widowed 9 Closed records	Butcher’s slaughterman (Heavy worker) Unpaid domestic duties Farmer (heavy worker)
1979	1979 Reuben died, aged 83; registered in Rushcliffe