Binge, Harman

BORN HULL 1895. A HULL PAL. SON OF WALTER BINGE (1868-1948) & HENRIETTA DUKES STEPHENSON (1868-1935), OF 6 MARFLEET TERRACE, LATER 4 BRONBY’S TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL AND THEN 1 HUMBER PLACE, HUMBER DOCK, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER CALLED WALTER AND ONE SISTER, EVA, WHO LIVED AT PINEWOOD COTTAGE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.

HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914, AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 160 LBS, 37 INCH CHEST, FRESH COMPLEXION, GREY EYES, FAIR HAIR, RELIGION: CHURCH OF ENGLAND. WHILE TRAINING HE WENT ABSENT TWICE AND WAS LATE A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR PARADE WHICH LOST HIM PAY AND PRIVILEGES. POSTED  TO FRANCE, ON 11/06/1916.  SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 25/10/1916. WOUNDED IN THE LEFT HAND ON 28/07/1916 AND INVALIDED TO ENGLAND.  WAS DUE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, INLAND WATER TRANSPORT SECTION, BUT WOUNDED AGAIN ON 27/12/1916. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD ON 03/01/1917, AGED 22.

HE IS BURIED AT GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THE LIGHT OF A PERFECT DAY WE SHALL MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN’S WAY.” HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/01/1917.

HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, WALTER BINGE, ROYAL ENGINEER’S, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/05/1916, AGED 21. THEIR PARENTS HAD LOST THEIR ONLY TWO SONS.


First name:
HARMAN
Military Number:
12/132
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/01/1917
Place died:
Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
22
1 HUMBER PLACE, HUMBER DOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK