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Ughtred BINNS

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Surname: BINNS

Forename(s): Ughtred

Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire

Service No: 2568

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 1/6th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1915-11-25

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. G. 13.

CWGC Cemetery: TALANA FARM CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Ughtred Binns (born 7 July 1892) was the son of Joseph and Mary Binns, née Emmott. Both parents were born at Keighley, Yorkshire.

1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 4, Ethel Street - Ughtred Binns, aged 8 years, born Keighley, son of Joseph and Mary Binns.

1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 4, Ethel Street - Ughtred Binns, aged 18 years, born Keighley, son of Joseph and Mary Binns.

The British Army Service Record for Ughtred Binns exists but may be incomplete.

Ughtred is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte U. Binns.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl Ughtred Binns, 2568, W Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 14.4.15. K. in A. 25.11.15.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Ughtred Binns, 6/2568, 1/6 W Rid. R. K. in A. 25.11.15.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Lce-Cpl Ughtred Binns, 2568, 1/6 W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 25.11.15. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father Sole Legatee - Joseph. £20 0s. 4d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Ughtred not found.

See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).

Data Source: Craven Herald Article

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

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Surname: BINNS

Forename(s): Ughtred

Born: Keighley, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Keighley

Number: 2568

Rank: L/Cpl

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 25/11/15

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: BINNS

Forename(s): Ughtred

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 2568

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 1st/6th Bn.

Age: 23

Awards:

Died Date: 25/11/1915

Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Mary Binns, of 4, Darley St., Beechcliffe, Keighley. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: FOR LIBERTY AND HOMELAND)

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War Diary of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

25 NOVEMBER 1915

TRENCHES [Ypres Salient]. Casualties: No. 2568, L/Cpl U. Binns, D Coy. Killed by Trench Mortar in F 35, buried Sheet 28 B18 C78 [Map Reference.]

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Talana Farm Cemetery

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Courtesy of Aurel Sercu, Boezinge, Belgium

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Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard Logo

03 December 1915

CRAVEN AND THE WAR - CASUALTIES

Lance-Corporal Ughtred Binns, of Beechcliffe, Keighley, while on duty with the 6th West Riding Regiment in Flanders, was blown out of the trench and killed by a bomb from a German trench-mortar on Thursday last. He was 23 years old.

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