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Edward was born in Beverley on 23 Aug 1877. He was the first child of Edward Binnington and Margaret Gleadhill. His mother was born in Hull but her family came to Beverley in the early 1860s; Edward was local and a carpenter. They married in 1879 and had a further ten children. Edward was brought up initially in Keldgate but later 20 Sloe Lane became the family home. His mother’s brother and his large Gleadhill family lived at 13 Sloe Lane. Six of Edward’s cousins served in the war. Edward moved to Hull and was working a casual worker. On 24 Oct 1908 he married Susannah Bullement of Beverley at Hull Register Office. He was working at Hull Radiator Works. Susannah was the daughter of a tanner’s labourer from Holme Church Lane. She had been working as a domestic servant. They did not have any children.
Edward joined the army on 5 Aug 1916 at Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and declared himself to be a “smith’s striker” before service. He arrived in France on 21 Dec 1916 and was there for the rest of the war apart from a short time in Italy from 26 Nov 1917 to 30 Mar 1918 when his Division was transferred there to prop up the Italians after their heavy defeat at Caporetto. He was wounded in the left hand in late Aug 1918. He was awarded the War and Victory Medals.
After the war Edward returned to Beverley. In 1939 he was living in Butt Lane and described as “single”. He died in the Buckrose area in the summer of 1952 aged 74.
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