BORN HULL OCT. 1898. SON OF WALTER BARRATT BINKS (1872-1952) & ROSA KATE JACKSON (1874-1946), OF 5, ELM STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER. THIRD OF NINE CHILDREN. HE HAD YOUNGER TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 29949, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 12/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/04/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN BELGIUM (Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery).
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/05/1918
NB: BINKS LIVING AT 5 DEVON AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL.
First name:
JAMES ALBERT
Military Number:
65058
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/04/1918
Place died:
Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
