Francis (Frank) Bond

Private

Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry 61444 2/1st Battalion

Notes
In March 1917 Lea Mills made a case for his deferral for six months. He made a personal appeal to the Exemptions Tribunal but this was dismissed. However, it was ruled that he could not be recruited for at least 28 days. He joined the forces on 28th February 1918 when he was aged thirty-two.

In 1916 the 2/1 Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry was converted to a cyclist regiment. In 1918 many of the cyclists had moved to Lincolnshire.




CENSUS INFORMATION

1901: Moorside Cromford

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Elizabeth Bond Head (widow) 49   Wales
David Bond son 22 General labourer Whatstandwell
William Bond son 20 General labourer Bow Wood
Mary Bond daughter 17 Cotton spinner Bow Wood
Francis Bond son 14 Cotton spinner Bow Wood
Bernard Bond son 6   Cromford

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1911: White Tor Road, Starkholmes

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Francis Bond Head 24 Presser Marsden-Smedley Mills Bow Wood
Emma Bond wife 22   Matlock
Eunice Bond daughter 8 mo   Starkholmes

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His brother Bernard Bond also worked at Lea Mills for a time just before the war .