WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

1525	Private William Welch Tomkinson	1/7th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)	Born 1896
	Killed in action 22/06/1916	Buried at Bienvillers Military cemetery	Grave ref: V.A.3.
Army records	Medal card. confirms he went to France on 17th July 1915. Enlisted in the Territorials on the 8th January 1912 and spent 14 days at camp in August. He claimed to be 17 but was actually 15. He was embodied (full time) on 5th September 1914 and agreed to serve abroad.
Nottingham Evening Post	Family notice: Killed in action, aged 19, late of Bingham. [Nottingham Evening Post-03/07/1916]
War Diaries	Quite when and how Tomkinson dies is unclear from the war diary. The war diary for the battalion has no entries for the 22nd or 23rd June 1916. Prior to this the battalion was engaged on various fatigues at Bienvilliers repairing trenches. Several fighting patrols were formed and men sent to examine German positions. The main attack on the German positions came on July 1st. The diary contains a table of losses sustained.
	Now listed on Bingham war memorial. Not listed on NCC roll of honour, so not on any other war memorial as far as we know.
Register of Effects	William’s back pay of £1.16s.9d. was paid to his Adiministratix Mrs Ann Horton on 11th May 1918.	William’s War Gratuity of £8.10s.0d. was paid to Mrs Ann Horton on 22nd November 1919.

1525	Private William Welch Tomkinson
1897	Born Bingham 8th November 1896 (SDiGW says Lenton)
Census 1901	Living on Market Place with: Father: William Tomkinson, b 1857 Bingham Mother: Augusta nee Welch, b 1856 Bingham Sister, Sarah E, b. 1881	Butcher
Census 1911	Living at 24, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham with: Father: William Mother: Augusta And boarders: Thomas Drury, b 1871 Dublin Alonza Limb, b 1861 Nottingham	As a scholar Butcher (employer) Printer (Photographic) Lace Maker
Free BMD	Father William died in March 1916 in Nottingham 1910 and 1915/6 Trades Directories give Augusta’s address as 24 Castle Boulevard but do not mention William.