WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 2096 | Private William Mabbott Widnall | Age 26 ‘B’ Company, 1st/8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) |
Born 1890 |
| Killed in action on 24/05/1915 |
Buried at Kemmel Chateau Military cemetery | Grave ref: D 56
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| Ancestry Service records | Click
here for service record Click here for medal receipts and next of kin form |
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| 1915 SF War diary |
"23 May - relieved the 7th Battalion
in trenches. Information received that we were to garrison the J trenches
for 1 night only. Relief completed at 11.30 p.m. 24th May 3 a.m. - Distinct traces of gas were noticed in the trenches and also in the village (Kemmel) itself. Lt General Plumer visited the Brigade & inspected our Headquarters but did not see our men in the trenches. 8.00 p.m. In the evening the gas again noticed and caused trouble in J1, 2 and 10. Several men were sick and their eyes smarted badly. All our men wore their respirators from 8 pm when the gas was first noticed. 3.00 a..m. Pte Widnall W. 2096 G4A head killed by sniper Pte Hardy I. 2268 J1 Head killed by sniper". |
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| CWGC | Son of William and Sarah Widnall, of 43, Ewart Rd., Forest
Fields, Nottingham. Native of Bingham, Nottingham. |
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| Register of Effects | William’s back pay of £3.13s.11d.was paid on 6th September 1915 to his mother Sarah (£1.17.0) and his sister Eliza Swinscoe (£1.16.11). A further 5d was paid to Sarah on 8th November. | His war gratuity of £3.0.0. was paid on 27th June 1919 to Sarah. | |
Army Records copied from ancestry. Medal card copied
Family history etc
| 2096 | Private William Mabbott Widnall | ||
| 1890 | Born Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Living in Union Street, Bingham with; Father: William, b 1860 Bingham Mother: Sarah, b 1855 Bingham Sister: Eliza, b1887 |
Shoemaker Dressmaker |
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| Census 1911 |
Living in Union Street with: Father: William Mother: Sarah |
Working as Farm Labourer Boot maker and repairer (self employed) |
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| See Widnall family tree | |||
| 1915 Free BMD |
His father William died December 1915 | ||
| 1915 CWGC | William and Sarah Widnall, lived at 43, Ewart Rd., Forest Fields, Nottingham | ||