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Pte. John Binns
British Army 9th Service Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:12 Keeton St, Leeds
(d.2nd Oct 1916)
My grandfather John Binns was born in Leeds in January 1893. He married Katie Carroll in August 1912. At the time of his marriage John worked as an oil blender in Leeds.
In August 1914 John volunteered for military service shortly after the outbreak of the Great War. After his initial training period at Belton Park in Grantham and at Whitley Park in Godalming he sailed with the 9th Service Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment from Liverpool on the 3rd of July 1915 and arrived at Mudros in Greece on the 10th July. His regiment formed part of the relief invasion forces landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsular on the 6th of August 1915. These forces were eventually evacuated from Gallipoli back to Mudros and his regiment arrived in Egypt on the 7th of February 1916 to form part of the garrison protecting the Suez canal.
In June 1916 his regiment received orders to transfer to the western front in France, and they arrived at Marseilles in the south of France on the 1st July 1916. His regiment were transported to northern France to assist with the major allied offensive designed to break through the German lines in the Battle of the Somme.
John was wounded during the battle and he died of those wounds 2nd October 1916, he was 23yrs of age, he left a widow and three children under four years of age Alfred, Eunice and John (my Dad). He is buried in the British Military cemetery at Contay, northern France.
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