WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| J/9233 | Able Seaman Percy William Hind | Age 20 Royal Navy, HMS Inflexible |
born 1894 |
| Killed in action - Dardanelles on 18/03/1915 | Buried at sea Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial Also on parents’ gravestone, Bingham cemetery. |
Memorial panel ref 9 | |
| 1910 | Joined as a naval trainee and was at the Royal Naval Training Establishment at Shotley near Ipswich. This was the shore establishment HMS Ganges. | ||
| Naval Record | Percy became a naval rating on 2nd August 1912;he was 5’
3½” tall. He had three tattoos – one sailor and two girls!
He signed for a term of 12 years and served on: HMS Berwick from May to September 1911 HMS Pembroke from September to October 1911 HMS Inflexible from October until March 1915 |
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| 17th October 1913 | Assigned to HMS Inflexible, which in 1915 became the Flagship for the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet | ||
| Until March 1915. | On 3 November 1914, Churchill ordered the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the opening of hostilities between Ottoman and Russian empires . The Fleet’s instructions were to force the Dardanelles, get into the Sea of Mamara and disrupt the Turkish shipping. The Dardenelles are 38 miles long with a width varying between 3/4 to I mile. Turkish gun batteries were on either side and there were at least 5 minefields to negotiate. The plan was to silence the gun batteries and send in minesweepers to clear the minefields. | ||
| 1915 | On March 18th 1915 the attack took place with 12 vessels (French & English) and 6 supporting vessels. The Fleet suffered heavy losses and had to retire. HMS Inflexible hit a mine which blew a hole in the bow as she was turning killing 39 men. Percy was killed in this battle and was buried at sea. | ||
| CWGC | Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Hind, of Moor Lane, Bingham, Notts. | ||
No service records on ancestry
Family history etc
| J/9233 | Able Seaman Percy William Hind | ||
| 1894 | Born 20th August 1894 Bottesford |
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| Census 1891 |
Father to be William living at High Street Bottesford with: Wife: Sarah Children: Minnie, b1884 Bottesford Thomas, b1886 Annie, b1888. |
Joiner (employed) | |
| Census 1901 | Living at 16 High St, Bottesford with: Father: William, b1856 Bingham Mother: Sarah, b 1863 Bottesford Siblings: Thomas Annie Sister Minnie was living with mother’s parents (Philcox) along with Sydney Philcox (gs) |
Joiner Carpenter (employed) Joiner’s app (to father’s employer?) John Philcox born 1830 Battle Sussex, bricklayer’s labourer |
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| Census 1911 | Percy a “Boy under training” at HM RN Training establishment,
Ipswich. Percy’s parents and Minnie boarding in Moor Lane, Bingham with: Thomas Tinley Hind (William’s brother). |
Working as Naval cadet
Wheelwright Helping at home Wheelwright |
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| BHTA | Genealogy chart | ||
| In 1901 Thomas Tinley had been living with his parents in
Moor Lane and part of the family wheelwright business. By 1911 William and
Thomas Tinley’s parents were dead. In 1901 father had been declared
feeble minded. Maybe William returned to Bingham to help with the family
business and/or the joinery firm had terminated his employment? The Navy
presumably offered Percy a way out. Ancestry Royal navy war graves Relatives notified: address Sarah E Hind, Moor Lane, Bingham |
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| Grantham Journal | Report of Percy’s death. As he was a native of Bottesford, although the family had removed to Bingham, the “passing bell” was tolled for him at the parish church. The article carries a photo of Percy, probably as a naval cadet. The article confirms he was aboard HMS Inflexible at the Battle of the Falklands before the Dardanelles. | ||