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October 1915 he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment and was back as a temporary Corporal. He went
straight to France with his new battalion and remained there for
nine months before returning to the depot in England where he
returned to the 3rd Training Battalion. The 2nd Battalion were
not involved in any specific battles during his period in France
but still incurred many casualties from heavy shelling.
William remained in England for the next 2 ½ years and during
this time was transferred firstly to the Notts & Derby Regiment
and later the Sherwood Foresters. In 1916 he was deprived of
his Corporal stripe for being absent. This demotion does not last
long as by Oct 1916 he is back to Acting Corporal.
In February 1919 he was promoted to Acting Sergeant and
eventually to Acting Company Sergeant Major.
In March 1919 he returned to the Continent as part of the
occupying army of the Rhine. He was there for six months and
returned to England in September 1919. After seven months he
left the army.
In 1926 another child, Kathleen is born and is still alive at the
time of writing. A further child, George, is born when William is
49 years old. A family rumour has it that he and his brother,
John, were due to be matched in a fight, with the winner to fight
against Bombardier Billy Wells. They declined the challenge.
He died on 7th December 1932 in Peterborough Memorial
Hospital aged 50.
HOWES Arthur Groome
Lieutenant Army Service Corps, Remount Service
Arthur was born on the 19th March 1871 at Westbourne Terrace,
London, to John G. and Eliza Howes.
The Howes were an old established Kings Cliffe family. John
G. Howes had done well in life having acquired a main house in
Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London and a country house,
Kings Cliffe House, on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
John Groome Howes married Eliza Helen Thorpe of Fotheringhay
in 1870.
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Regiment and was back as a temporary Corporal. He went
straight to France with his new battalion and remained there for
nine months before returning to the depot in England where he
returned to the 3rd Training Battalion. The 2nd Battalion were
not involved in any specific battles during his period in France
but still incurred many casualties from heavy shelling.
William remained in England for the next 2 ½ years and during
this time was transferred firstly to the Notts & Derby Regiment
and later the Sherwood Foresters. In 1916 he was deprived of
his Corporal stripe for being absent. This demotion does not last
long as by Oct 1916 he is back to Acting Corporal.
In February 1919 he was promoted to Acting Sergeant and
eventually to Acting Company Sergeant Major.
In March 1919 he returned to the Continent as part of the
occupying army of the Rhine. He was there for six months and
returned to England in September 1919. After seven months he
left the army.
In 1926 another child, Kathleen is born and is still alive at the
time of writing. A further child, George, is born when William is
49 years old. A family rumour has it that he and his brother,
John, were due to be matched in a fight, with the winner to fight
against Bombardier Billy Wells. They declined the challenge.
He died on 7th December 1932 in Peterborough Memorial
Hospital aged 50.
HOWES Arthur Groome
Lieutenant Army Service Corps, Remount Service
Arthur was born on the 19th March 1871 at Westbourne Terrace,
London, to John G. and Eliza Howes.
The Howes were an old established Kings Cliffe family. John
G. Howes had done well in life having acquired a main house in
Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London and a country house,
Kings Cliffe House, on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
John Groome Howes married Eliza Helen Thorpe of Fotheringhay
in 1870.
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