WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 6/33886 | Private Edward Foster Blood | Sherwood Foresters (Notts &Derby Regiment) | 1918 |
| Edward was called up, aged 18, on 10th May 1918 while still at school. His brief service was confined to training in the Northern theatre (North of England) so he did not see action. He was demobilised as a reservist on 3rd February 1919. Click here for relevant documents and a summary of his service record. | |||
| Roll of Honour | Served on the Home Front | ||
Family history etc
| Private Edward Foster Blood | |||
| 1900 | Born Bingham | ||
| 1891 census | 1891, Sam Blood was living in station Street with: Uncle: John Foster, b. 1835 |
Comedian Horse breaker |
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| Census 1901 | Living in Market Street with: Father: Sam William Foster Blood, b.1869 Warwick Birmingham. d 1953 Mother: Laura Constance neé Blood, b. 1870 in Leicester d 1951 Sister: Kathleen b.1898 And: Florrie Baxter, b.1888 |
Innkeeper (Plough and Harrow 1896, Blue Bell 1904) servant |
Plough and Harrow was on south side of Market Place, now the Co-op). |
| Census 1911 | Living at Crown Inn, Market Place with: Father: Sam William Foster Blood Mother: Laura Constance Siblings: Kathleen Mary, d 1960 John Walter, b 1902 Alice Eileen, b 1905, d 1986 Uncle: Foster Blood, b 1862 Warwick, Birmingham And: Alice Mary Elizabeth White, b 1894 Ripley Derbyshire Gladys Pearce, b 1896 Bloxwich Staffordshire |
Innkeeper
Servant |
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| F S Blood is recorded in the history of Bingham RBL as a having served in WW1 and a member of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. He is recorded in the 1911 census summary book as SF Blood (Sam Foster, as above) living in Market Place. There are no records on the relevant web sites to substantiate the note in the RBL book about serving in WW1. | |||
| Dec 1961 | An Edward F Blood of right age died in Surrey | ||
Sam Blood
The Crown
Blue Bell
South side of Market Place, Plough and Harrow extreme right