Project Description
WILLIAM HENRY BUXTON 1889–1944
Born 29th October 1889, Thorneywood, Nottingham
Married on December 17th 1915 to Annie Lizzie Rushton at the Register Office, Bingham
Children Daisy born 1921 and William born 1922 in Bingham district
Died 1944 at Blaby, Leics.
1891 Census
Living with father Henry John, a carter, mother Clara and uncle Walter Buxton at Howe Lane, Castleton, Derbys.
1901 Census
Age 11, at school, living with his grandmother Ann Buxton, sister Caroline and uncles Chris and William Buxton at 5 Thorneywood Lane, Nottingham.
1911 Census
Age 21, single, living with his grandmother Ann Buxton, sister Caroline and uncles Christopher and William Buxton at 5 Thorneywood Lane, Nottingham. Occupation butcher.
1914 Electoral Register
Address Notts. County Asylum.
He was employed at Notts. County Asylum (Saxondale); he is listed in their records as an employee who left to serve in the Armed Forces.
Military Service
Rank: Private
Service Number: 030319
Military Unit: Army Service Corps
Theatre of War: France and Flanders, date of entry 26.5.15. Total war service abroad 3 years 3 months
Attested: 12th Nov 1914 in Nottingham, age 25
Address: Notts. County Asylum
Occupation: butcher
Height 5ft 8 ins, chest 39 ins, weight 158lbs.
Next of kin given as mother, Clara Parr 3 Thorneywood Lane, Nottingham. After his marriage in 1915, next of kin changed to Annie Lizzie Rushton, Rose Cottage, Radcliffe on Trent.
17.12.14: Aldershot
12.11.14 to 25.5.15: Home
30.1.15: Promoted Corporal
3.2.15 : Transferred to 12th Division Mechanical Transport Company (Supplies)
26.5.15: France
13.12.15 to 21.12.15: Leave
12.1.17 to 22.1.17: Leave
22.1.18 to 5.2.18: On furlough from overseas
6.2.18 to 30.3.19: France
3.12.18 to 17.12.18: Leave
30.3.19: Transferred to UK for release from Service
29.4.19: Transferred to Class Z for demobilization
Medals Awarded: 1914-15 Star British War and Victory
Military Personnel Address on 1918 Electoral Register
Rose Cottage, Main Road, Radcliffe on Trent
Other Information
His uncle Walter Buxton, butcher and farmer of Marlock House, Lowdham, supplies a reference on the military record as to William’s character and previous occupation. Walter states that his character is ‘sober, honest and good in every way’ he is an ‘all round butcher’ and ‘he can slaughter bullocks’. He adds that William had been employed by him as a butcher for 4 years.
It is clear from an article in the Nottingham Evening News that William Buxton worked at the Asylum in September 1912. Both he and Ernest Bemrose were witnesses at an inquest into the death of a patient.
From the 1922 Electoral Register
Address: The Harlequin, Radcliffe on Trent
From the 1939 Register
Address: Main Street, Melton
Occupation: fish, fruit and vegetable roundsman
Special Constable
Household: wife Annie born 10.2.1893, and daughter Daisy. Daisy’s married name Butler.
Reasons for inclusion on Radcliffe on Trent Roll of Honour
Worked at Notts. County Asylum in the parish of Radcliffe on Trent and lived in the village during the war years.