WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| M24291 | A/C Charles Pacey | Royal Marines | born 9/5/1898 |
| Service record |
Enlisted 10th April 1917 for the hostilities. Occupation:
Fitter. He was 5’9” with a chest of 35”. He had hazel eyes and brown hair’ |
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| Ship | From | Notes | |
| Victory | 16 May 1916 | Shore base | |
| Excellent | 10 Apr 1917 | Shore based gunnery school. A number of ships were renamed HMS Excellent whilst serving as homes or tenders of the establishment. | |
| Vivid II | 23 April 1917 | Part of the naval base at Plymouth - Stokers and Engine Room Artificers School | |
| Glorious | 10 Jul 1917 – March 191 | Battle cruiser Glorious was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. The German ships, four light cruisers of II Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight sperrbrecher (cork-filled trawlers) and two trawlers to mark the swept route, were spotted at 7:30 am, silhouetted by the rising sun. Courageous and the light cruiser Cardiff opened fire with their forward guns seven minutes later. The Germans responded by laying a smoke screen and this made spotting targets very difficult. The British continued in pursuit, but lost track of most of the smaller ships in the smoke and concentrated fire on the light cruisers as opportunity permitted. One 15-inch hit was made on a gun shield of SMS Pillau, but it did not affect her speed. At 8:33 the left-hand gun in Glorious's forward turret was wrecked when a shell detonated inside the gun barrel. At 9:30 the 1st Cruiser Squadron broke off their pursuit so they would not enter a minefield marked on their maps; the ships turned south, playing no further role in the battle Glorious required five days of repairs to right the damage caused from the premature detonation and from her own muzzle blast. She fired 57 15-inch and 213 4-inch shells during the engagement. The ship received flying-off platforms on top of her turrets in 1918. A Sopwith Camel was carried on the rear turret and a Sopwith 1½ Strutter on the forward turret. She was present at the surrender of the German fleet on 21 November 1918. |
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| Demobilised 6 Mar 1919 |
He was paid a war gratuity but the figure is not noted. | ||
Family history etc
| A/C Charles Pacey | |||
| 1898 | Born 22/5/1898 Bingham | ||
| Census 1901 | Living at Whitefield Farm, Tithby Road, Bingham with: Father: George b 1870 Barnstone Mother: Emma b 1877 Aslockton Brother: Robert b 1900A And George Longdon, b. 1870 Heckington, Lincs Jane Howitt, b 1884 Freeby, Lincs |
Farmer Servant Servant |
Freeby is close to Melton Mowbray |
| Census 1911 | Living at Whitefield Farm, Tithby Road, Bingham with: Father: George b. 1870 Barnstone Brothers: Robert b. 1900 George b. 1902 AND Lily Cowdell b 1893 Bingham Edith Sarah Booth b. Elmton Derbyshire |
Farmer General servant (domestic) Housekeeper |
Robert served in the Navy January – March 1918 and then the RAF until 1921 when he emigrated to Canada. Elmton is near Bolsover |
| 1923 | Married Phyllis M Buggins, Bingham They had three children: John, Jan 1925, Bingham Phyllis M, Jan 1928, Bingham Charles, Mar qtr 1930, Bingham |
Phyllis’ brothers served in WW1:see below, 1939 Register | |
| Electoral Registers | After the war he returned to Whitefield farm to live with his father. ER 1921-2. | 1928-1931 Charles and Phyllis lived on Long Acre (presumably Gordon House – see below. They do not appear on ER 1923-27. | Charles and George owned Bingham Garage on Nottingham Road. |
| 1939 register | Long Acre, Bingham: Charles Pacey, b. 9 May 1898, married Phyllis May Pacey, b. 31 May 1898, married John Pacey, b. 23 Jan 1929, single Phyllis Mary Pacey (later Dolby) , b.11 Jan 1928 One closed record Thomas James Buggins, b. 17 April 1866, married Phyllis Buggins, b. 31 Dec 1870, marie |
Agricultural and motor engineer Unpaid home duties Apprentice motor engineer School [Charles B?] Retired Game keeper Retired Dressmaker |
Charles and Phyllis served as ARP wardens (Phyllis full time) The Buggins were Phyllis Pacey’s parents. See; Thomas Buggins Harry Buggins |
| 1953 | Died Nottingham (Hospital) | ||
| Probate 1953 |
Charles Pacey of Gordon House, Bingham d 4th January 1953 at General Hospital Nottingham. Left £2058 2s 8d. | Executors Phyllis May Pacey, widow John Pacey, motor engineer. |
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| Charles Pacey was a founder member of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion. | |||