WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 30825 (SF) 5217 (Lon) 252242(Lon) |
Bertie Whincup | Private Sherwood Foresters Private 3rd London Regiment |
born 1897 |
| Medal card | Awarded British and Victory Medals | ||
| Medal roll | Gives dates of service with London Regiment as 23/1/1917 to 13/6/1919 | ||
| Service record | Attested 6 September 1915 at St Peter’sChurchyard. Trade grocer. Next of kin – mother Mrs Dorothy Whincup, The Banks, Bingham Height 5’ 6¾”; weight 122 lbs.; chest 35” (expansion 3½”) Physical development satisfactory (medical report 6 Sept 1915) .On September 9th he was diagnosed by doctor as having “signs in chest of phthisis (TB) and unlikely to be an efficient soldier. Discharged 10/9/15, unlikely to make an efficient soldier. By January 1917 he had joined the London Regiment, but no service records for this exist. |
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| Roll of Honour | Served on the Western front | ||
Family history etc
| Bertie Whincup | |||
| B. 1897 | Bingham | In 1891 William was gamekeeper on the Wretham Estate (Cottage no 5) | |
| Census 1901 | Living on Grantham Road, Bingham with: Father: William Whincup b.1864 Sibton, Suffolk Mother: Dorothy b. 1863 Shotesham, Norfolk Sblings: Ellen M, b. 1887 Langley, Norfolk Dorothy b. 1889 Langley William G. b. 1890 Wretham Albert E, b 1892 Wretham, Norfolk Lillie J, b1894 Bingham |
Gamekeeper |
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| Census 1911 | Living on Grantham Road, Bingham with: Father: William Mother: Dorothy Siblings: Ellen Dorothy William G. Albert E. Phyllis, b. 1904 Bingham |
School Gamekeeper Waitress (café) Waitress (café) Joiner (building trade) Billiard Marker School |
Brother William George served with Royal Engineers |
| 1918 | Bertie married Dulcie Mary Thorne 28/3/1918 in Peckham Children: Ralph born and died December 1923. Malena b. 1925. |
Occupation given as soldier. Both addresses were given as 15 Meeting House Lane Camberwell. |
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| 1967 | Bertie died in 1967 in Sutton, Surrey | ||