Notes
The Roll lists his address as 29 Craig Street, Peterborough. It states he died at home on 20/9/1919 after discharge from the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Private R. Binns of the 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, regimental number 7861, died aged 33 on 21/9/1919, and is buried in grave 4.305 at Eastfield Cemetery in Peterborough; they record him as the son of Thomas Binns of 29 Craig Street. The Medal Rolls record that Private R Binns, 7861, was awarded the Silver War Badge serial number 107294, having been honourably discharged from the Army on 20/10/1916 due to cancer of the rectum; they record that he had enlisted on 29/12/1905. His Medal Index Card records that he served in the 1st Battalion. His Army file records that he was discharged with a pension due to his illness, and includes a report from the Army Medical Board that specified that his illness was not caused or aggravated by military service).