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Timeline of William Binning's Life

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WILLIAM BARCLAY BINNING Born: 24 September 1896, Cowdenbeath, Fife Educated: Foulford Primary School, Cowdenbeath 1901 -1908 Dunfermline High School, Dunfermline 1908 – 1910 Beath High School, Cowdenbeath 1910 – 1914 Edinburgh University October 1914 – December 1914 Applied to join the army December 1914 Began officer training in January 1915 in Stirling Joined the 11th Battalion of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in the Bristol area for further training February 1915 Crossed to France 3/4th October 1915 from Folkestone Joined the 9th Battalion and served on the Ypres Salient October to December 1915 Joined the Machine Gun Corps January 1916 After training served in the 28 Machine Gun Company (9th Division) in the area north –east of Armentieres – Le Bizet/Grand Rabeque/Le Touquet Wounded in the abdomen at Le Touquet Railway Station (the British Front Line) - 23 April 1916 Evacuated to Casualty Clearing Station No2 in Bailleul for operation Died: 24 April 1916, 3.05pm, aged 19 years old. He is buried in Bailleul British Military Cemetery 25 April 1916
Title
Timeline of William Binning's Life
Author
Plummer, Christine
Subject
Binning, William
Item date
24th September 1896 - 24th April 1916
Creation place
Various
Item source
Leaf
Item medium
Paper
Content
Other
Cataloguer
Admin
Filename
GWA_7537_Timeline_of_William_Binning_s_Life.txt
Copyright
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name
Christine Plummer
Contributed on the behalf of
Beath High School

Citation

“Timeline of William Binning's Life,” by Plummer, Christine. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/8417.

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