BINCH B.

Bertie Binch 

Private 30816

15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

Bertie Binch died on Wednesday 27 March 1918, aged 23, and was buried in PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.

Bertie Binch was born c1895 in Calverton, Notts. His father was Henry Binch, who was also a native of Calverton. In the 1901 census the family was living in Selston. His father was described as a Coal Lodger (Underground).

Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919

Binch, Private Bertie, Sherwood Foresters.

From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"

B. Pinch, 8 Factory Yard, Sutton. Enlisted 9-9-15. Sherwood Foresters. Actions: Somme. Died of wounds, 27-3-17*.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

BERTIE BINCH, born Calverton, Notts., enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield), Private 30816, died of wounds, France & Flanders, 27th March 1918.

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Research by Heather Faulkes
* Year of death differs from other sources - probably a type error.