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a 10-year-old, Arthur was at the preparatory school of
Brighton College. There were 45 boarding pupils and three
tutors. It is not clear where he then went to school but it could
well have been Brighton College. The College had a very liberal
regime and it would be odd if he went from their prep school to
one of the more strict public schools.
In 1891 he was boarding at a school in Eastbourne with 23
other 17 to 20-year-olds. As there are no pupils of any other
age there, it may well have been a crammer so that he could
pass his exams for the military college.
We know that he was an officer in the army in 1901, but in which
regiment is not clear.
The family used Kings Cliffe House on regular occasions and
Arthur kept a number of horses in the village. By the time war
broke out Arthur was 43 years old and still a Lieutenant. He was
then in the Army Remount Service, part of the Army Service
Corps. This unit was engaged in procuring and training horses
and mules for the army, and was normally staffed by older and
more experienced officers.
He died in Kings Cliffe on 20th January 1920 aged 49. His body
was discovered on the floor of the house and a post mortem
found that he had suffered a heart attack. He left £58,941-5-8d
in his will.
HOWES Sidney Gerald
Major 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers
Born in 1885 in Bayswater, London, Sidney was the third son of
John and Eliza Howes and the younger brother of Arthur Howes.
He was the most successful of the brothers in his military career,
ending up as a full Colonel.
In 1901 he was a boarder at Harrow School and he married
Muriel Viola Hay in 1911. They had two daughters, Pamela in
1914 and Auriel in 1919.
By 1914 he was a Lieutenant in the Lancers.
By January 1915 he had been promoted to Captain and awarded
a Military Cross.
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Brighton College. There were 45 boarding pupils and three
tutors. It is not clear where he then went to school but it could
well have been Brighton College. The College had a very liberal
regime and it would be odd if he went from their prep school to
one of the more strict public schools.
In 1891 he was boarding at a school in Eastbourne with 23
other 17 to 20-year-olds. As there are no pupils of any other
age there, it may well have been a crammer so that he could
pass his exams for the military college.
We know that he was an officer in the army in 1901, but in which
regiment is not clear.
The family used Kings Cliffe House on regular occasions and
Arthur kept a number of horses in the village. By the time war
broke out Arthur was 43 years old and still a Lieutenant. He was
then in the Army Remount Service, part of the Army Service
Corps. This unit was engaged in procuring and training horses
and mules for the army, and was normally staffed by older and
more experienced officers.
He died in Kings Cliffe on 20th January 1920 aged 49. His body
was discovered on the floor of the house and a post mortem
found that he had suffered a heart attack. He left £58,941-5-8d
in his will.
HOWES Sidney Gerald
Major 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers
Born in 1885 in Bayswater, London, Sidney was the third son of
John and Eliza Howes and the younger brother of Arthur Howes.
He was the most successful of the brothers in his military career,
ending up as a full Colonel.
In 1901 he was a boarder at Harrow School and he married
Muriel Viola Hay in 1911. They had two daughters, Pamela in
1914 and Auriel in 1919.
By 1914 he was a Lieutenant in the Lancers.
By January 1915 he had been promoted to Captain and awarded
a Military Cross.
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