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Sapper

William Edward Bingham

Service number 1511223
Military unit 164 Rly Operating Coy Royal Engineers
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 10 Feb 1943 (23 years old)
Place of birth Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Born : Circa 1919 : Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, his birth was recorded in the second quarter of 1919 in the Mansfield Registration District of Nottinghamshire.
Son of William John Bingham and Matilda Bingham, nee, Richardson of Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
His Father, William John Bingham was born on the 9th September 1884 in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, no death record found.
His Mother, Matilda Richardson was born on the 12th June 1880 in Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, she died in October 1951 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
They were married at All Saints Church, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire on the 22nd December 1906.
Brother of :
Mary Alice Bingham : Born : 1907 : Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
Joseph Bingham : Born : 19111 : Dinnington, South Yorkshire.
Joyce Ann Bingham : Born : 1916 : Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire : Died : 1981 : Tibshelf, Derbyshire.
John Bingham : Born : Circa 1921 : Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
According to the 1921 Census the Family were living at : 137. Station Road, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, William John Bingham, Head, aged, 36 years, 9 months old, a Coal Miner Hewer at the Babbington Colliery Company, Matilda Bingham, Wife, aged, 41 years, Home Duties, Mary Alice Bingham, Daughter, aged, 14 years, 3 months old, Joseph Bingham, Son, aged, 9 years, 9 months old, Joyce Ann Bingham, Daughter, aged, 4 years, 11 months old, William Edward Bingham, Son, aged, 2 years, 2 months old, John Bingham, Son, aged, 2 months old.
Husband of : Doris N. Bingham, nee, Dove of New Houghton, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
They were married in the first quarter of 1941 in the Mansfield Registration District of Nottinghamshire.

Military history

Served with 164. Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers.

Extra information

Buried : Huthwaite Cemetery, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section : A. Grave : 2126.
CWGC Reference : 2703719.
Personal Inscription reads : "A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER, REMEMBRANCE, A GOLDEN THREAD THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN".
Commemorated :
Huthwaite Cenotaph, 1939-1945, Huthwaite Cemetery, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire as : Bingham W. E.
All Saints Church Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire as : William Edward Bingham.

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