WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

	2nd Lt Arthur Wigzall Thomas	Labour Corps
1915	Marriage certificate (see below) records he was a corporal in the Civil Service Rifles, full name of which was “15th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own, Civil Service Rifles)”
Mar 1918	Mentioned in supplement to London Gazette War office notice	“Labour Corps: Undermentioned cadets to be temp 2nd Lts:” List included Arthur Wigzall Thomas.
Medal Card	Entered France 19 April 1919 but there less than 6 months so card marked “Ineligible for Medals (HS only)” Address (crossed out) Banks Cottage, Bingham, Notts Replaced with: Hill Cottage, Farnborough, Kent
AVL	AVL address: School House, East Street Not on roll of honour

	Arthur Wigzall Thomas
1871	Born 1871 London. Baptised 10 march 1872 St Marylebone, parents John Wigzell Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas.
1891 census	Living at Newman Street, St Marylebone with: Father: John W Thomas, b. 1833 Bloomsbury Mother: Elizabeth, b. 1836 Marylebone Siblings: Alice E, b 1874 Marylebone Louisa, F b. 1876 Marylebone	Clerk Retired Stationer Dressmaker’s assistant Scholar
1911 census	Boarder at 35 Norray Road, Putney with: Frank Lewis, b1874 Sheerness Amaret Lewis, b. 1874 London	Cashier Railway Clerk Teacher
1915 FBMD	Married Frances M Dobson in Bingham; His occupation: Corporal, Civil Service Rifles, Municipal Officer	His address: Richmond Park Camp, Roehampton; her address: Bingham.	France Mary was a sister of Major Frank E Dobson. Her widowed mother had moved to Bingham for reasons unknown to us. AVL 1918 ER 1919 address: School House
Electoral Register	1919: Living at School House, East Street	May thus have been a temporary teacher but no other evidence	He and Frances would appear not to have been living with her mother on The Banks.
1939 Register	18 Manor Court Road, Twickenham: Arthur W Thomas, b. 17 Dec 1881, widowed One closed record	Municipal Officer, retired