WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| J/10129 | AB Frederick William Starbuck | 1918 AVL: RN HMS Acheron | Born 1895 |
| Navy Record | Joined Navy as a boy trainee on 1913, aged 12. in 1913 he was 5’ 8”, chest 32½”, hair brown, eyes blue, fresh complexion In 1923 he was 5’ 8¾”, chest 36”, Dark hair, grey eyes. 1923 recorded as LSA (Leading Supply Assistant) on HMS Hood Click on navy record for list of the ships on which he served. He must have seen action several times, particularly in the Dardanelles and Jutland in 1914/1915. He ended his naval service in 1926 as a Petty Officer (Victualling) – in the line of promotion leading to Purser. His conduct reports were always “V.G.” On 13th April 1928 he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and a gratuity. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
AB Royal Navy Fred William, Gas Works, Moore Lane; J/10129 AB RN HMS Actaeon |
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Family history etc
| AB Frederick William Starbuck | |||
| 1895 | Born Breadsall | ||
| 1901 census | Living in Gas house, Bingham with: Father, William Starbuck, b. 1861 Breadsall Mother, Mary Ann, b.1860 Breadsall Siblings: Gertrude, b 1885, Breadsall Edgar, b 1886, Breadsall Reginald George, b.1888 Breadsall Walter, b.1897, Breadsall Kate Alice, b. 1891 Dorothy Annie, b.1893, Breadsall |
Gas Manager |
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| 1911 census | Living at Navy Training school, Shotley, nr Ipswich. Family living at Gas house, Bingham: Father, William Starbuck Mother, Mary Ann, b.1860 S Siblings: Edgar Thomas Reginald George M Walter Fenton Kate Alice Dorothy Annie Harry Greensmith, b. Bingham, 1905 |
Boy under training Gas Manager Gas Fitter Blacksmith Draper’s assistant |
Edgar and Walter served in WW1 |
| 1918 AVL | Address given as Gas Works, Moor Lane. | ||
| 1969 GRO | Died 19th October 1969 at 62 Hinksden Road, Binenden, Tenterden, Kent; retired Admiralty Messenger. | ||