WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 180065 [RE] 57762 [NF] 180065 [RE] |
Sapper Albert Rayson | Royal Engineers Northumberland Fusiliers 483rd (E.A) Field Co |
born 1885 |
| Medal card | Awarded Victory and British medals | ||
| The 1st East Anglian Field Company, The Royal Engineers,
later renamed 483rd Field Coy, joined 2nd Division in January 1915, saw
action at The Battle of Festubert and The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they fought in the Battles of the Somme and the Operations on the Ancre. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Battles of Arras and The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they fought on the Somme, in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Selle. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry. Thus we have no dates of his service in the units with which he served, nor why his service with the Royal Engineers was interrupted by a posting to the Northumberland Fusiliers. There are references on some web sites to the transfer of men from the RE to the NF to form a tunnelling company in 1914 (probably too early for Rayson –we do not have an enlistment date for him but lack of a 15 Star award suggests he enlisted in 1916 at the earliest). There are other references to men from the NF providing working parties to help RE dig trenches. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Wounded once on the Western Front AVL Address: Needham Street; 483rd (E.A) Field Co |
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Family history etc
| Sapper Albert Rayson | |||
| 1885 FREEBMD | Born Nottingham OCT-DEC qtr. | ||
| Census 1891 | Lived at 35 Hartford St., Nottingham with: Father: Thomas, b. 1860 Skillington, Lincs Mother: Mary A (neé Hickman), b. 1859 Scarrington, Notts Siblings: John, b.1885 Nottingham Mary L, b.1888 Nottingham Emma, b.1890 Nottingham Ellen, b.1891 Nottingham |
Labourer |
n.b. surname transcribed incorrectly in Ancestry as “Naylon” |
| Census 1901 | Living at 55 Sutton St., Nottingham with: Father: Thomas Mother: Mary A Siblings: John T Mary L Emma Ellen George b.1894 Nottingham May, b.1898 Nottingham |
Bread deliverer Labourer (Corporation on streets) Bread deliverer Warehouse girl |
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| 1906 JUL – SEP FREEBMD | Married Edith Mary Hickman in Nottingham Children: (possible list, all born Nottingham before date when mother’s name given on FBMD) Gertrude Hilda Mar 1906 Nellie Mar 1907 Herbert Leslie 1909 (see 1939 register below) |
Edith Mary was sister of John Thomas Hickman, who served in the Royal Navy | |
| Census 1911 | Lived at 69 Rossington Rd, Sneinton Dale, Nottingham with: Wife: Edith b. 1890 Twyford, Lincs Children: Nellie, b. 1907 Nottingham Herbert Leslie, b. 1910 Nottingham |
Bricklayer – municipal council | |
| 1918 AVL | Needham St., Bingham | ||
| Electoral Rolls | 1921 Albert and Edith in Needham Street. 1923-5 Albert and Edith on Nottingham Road 1926-31 Edith on Nottingham Road (and later Nellie) |
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| 1925 | Herbert’s father Alert died 1st June 1925, Bingham aged 39. Occupation
Journeyman Bricklayer. Cause: Syncope (temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure) due to stoppage of heart action. Inquest held 1st June 1925. |
Nottingham Evening Post, 1 June 1925 Holiday plans cut short by death Albert Rayson, 39, died suddenly at his home early this morning. On awakening at about 6 o’clock he said to his wife, “It is a fine morning, we will get up in about an hour’s time and go to the station about ten”. According to Mrs Rayson he then made a gurgling sound in his throat and collapsed. Medical aid was sought immediately but Dr. Eaton found life extinct. |
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| 1938 | Edith married Alfred PP Alexander Bingham Jun 1938 | ||
| 1939 Register | 18 Council Houses, Nottingham Road, Bingham: Edith Mary Alexander, b. 7 Apr 1890, married Alfred PP Alexander, b. 17 Aug 1896, married Herbert Leslie Rayson, b. 12 Aug 1909, married Ethel Irene Rayson, b.20 Jul 1907, married |
Unpaid domestic duties Lorry driver, heavy work Bricklayer, heavy work Unpaid domestic duties |
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