Frederick Binks (1895-1920)
Staindrop lad served with 5th DLI and Royal Army Medical Corps
From Staindrop Remembers:
Fred was the son of Thomas and Mary Binks of Staindrop.
In 1901 and 1911 the family lived in Winston Lane. His father was a coal miner/waggon weigh man and later a hewer. His siblings were John William, Thomas, Gertrude May, Ethel, Arthur and Alfred. Alfred was Hylene Bowman’s father. The older siblings were coal miners. Fred was a driver underground at age 15.
Fred served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Durham Light Infantry from June 1915 until 1919.
He served in France and died from the effects of poison gas while in hospital in Newcastle aged 24. He was buried at Staindrop on 1 August 1920.
Civil Parish: Staindrop
Birth date: 1895
Death date: 1920
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 9 Raby Avenue, Winston Lane, Staindrop (Army Service record)
Military service:
Attested 28 June 1915 at Stockton-on-Tees
5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Service number: 3684
various other DLI battalions
Transferred to RAMC: 27 October 1917
Royal Army Medical Corps, 337755
Memorial(s): Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Front Street, Staindrop. Book of remembrance
Electoral Register:
Register No: 2190
Forename: Frederick
Surname: Binks
Parliamentary Division: Barnard Castle
Polling District: X - Staindrop
Parish: Staindrop
Date: October-1918
Reference: October-1918
Gender: Male
Contributed by Durham County Record Office | Staindrop Remembers
