WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
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Pte Norman Wallace Smith | 5th Staffs 1st FS Garrison Pte KOYLI 1/Garrison |
born 1898 |
| Medal Card | Awarded British Medal which he returned 20/9/1923 | ||
| AVL Roll of Honour |
AVL Address: Kirkhill, Bingham RoH: served in Ireland |
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| KOYLI | 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion: Feb 1916 Formed at Newcastle and then moved to Killingholme and then Middlesbrough. Mar 1917 Moved to Seaton Carew. May 1918 Moved to Ireland and stationed at Berehaven, Co. Cork. |
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| No service records on Ancestry | |||
Family history etc
| Norman Wallace Smith | |||
| 1898 | Born in Bingham | ||
| 1901 Census | Living in Fairfield Street with: Father: Frederick, b. 1868 Wheathamstead, Herts. Mother: Fanny (neé Hill), b. 1868 Tetford, Lincs Siblings: William, b.1883 Daybrook, Nottingham Kathleen,b.1885 Bingham Cecil, b.1886 Bingham |
Railway signalman |
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| 1911 Census | Living in Fairfield Street with: Father: Charles Frederick Mother: Elizabeth Fanny Siblings: William Charles Cecil Smith Olive Mary Smith, b. Bingham 1903 |
Scholar/grocer’s errand boy Railway signalman Butcher’s boy Fishmonger’s boy School |
Brother William served as a signaller in WW1 |
| Electoral Register | The Electoral rolls show 1921-1924 and 1926-1931 Norman was living on Kirkhill with parents |