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il 14th Bn. remained in close support & continued the
burial & salvage work.
April 15th Salvage work continued. Casualties 1 O.R.
April 16th Relieved the 1st Cameroonians in the right sub
–sector of the front line which included the Hindenburg Line
& one Coy front to the N of it. Relief was much delayed & not
complete till the next morning. Very heavy going.
April 17th Relief of 1st Cameroonians finished at 7.30am
& we took over the line with C.A.B.D. on right, centre, left and
support respectively. Casualties 4 O.R. killed and 13 O.R.
wounded.
Frank was one of the soldiers killed that day by a shell burst. His friend
from Apethorpe, Charles Harper, was with him when he died.
The others who died with Frank that day were Arthur Hayward
and Percy Robinson from Ipswich and Frederick Smith from
Woodbridge.
A report in the Stamford & Rutland News of 9th May 1917 says;-
“Kings Cliffe. The Supreme Sacrifice – We regret to learn that Private
Frank Donald Kingston of the Northants Regiment, has been slain
while in action. He was the eldest son of Mr J Kingston, farmer
and District Councillor, of Kings Cliffe. Private Kingston had never
been robust, and fighting was foreign to his nature. He was a genial
favourite, and has died doing his duty nobly and well for King and
country. The whole village mourns his loss. He was only 20 years old.”
He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 04.
(Written with help from Jim Kingston of Kings Cliffe,
nephew of Frank Donald Kingston).
LANGLEY John
Possibly Private 22936 Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1870 in Stamford, John was the son of James and
Elizabeth Langley of Stamford.
John married Alice Wooton, a Kings Cliffe girl, in 1904 and they
set up home in Park Street in the village about 1909. John was
working as an iron turner at the time.
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burial & salvage work.
April 15th Salvage work continued. Casualties 1 O.R.
April 16th Relieved the 1st Cameroonians in the right sub
–sector of the front line which included the Hindenburg Line
& one Coy front to the N of it. Relief was much delayed & not
complete till the next morning. Very heavy going.
April 17th Relief of 1st Cameroonians finished at 7.30am
& we took over the line with C.A.B.D. on right, centre, left and
support respectively. Casualties 4 O.R. killed and 13 O.R.
wounded.
Frank was one of the soldiers killed that day by a shell burst. His friend
from Apethorpe, Charles Harper, was with him when he died.
The others who died with Frank that day were Arthur Hayward
and Percy Robinson from Ipswich and Frederick Smith from
Woodbridge.
A report in the Stamford & Rutland News of 9th May 1917 says;-
“Kings Cliffe. The Supreme Sacrifice – We regret to learn that Private
Frank Donald Kingston of the Northants Regiment, has been slain
while in action. He was the eldest son of Mr J Kingston, farmer
and District Councillor, of Kings Cliffe. Private Kingston had never
been robust, and fighting was foreign to his nature. He was a genial
favourite, and has died doing his duty nobly and well for King and
country. The whole village mourns his loss. He was only 20 years old.”
He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 04.
(Written with help from Jim Kingston of Kings Cliffe,
nephew of Frank Donald Kingston).
LANGLEY John
Possibly Private 22936 Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1870 in Stamford, John was the son of James and
Elizabeth Langley of Stamford.
John married Alice Wooton, a Kings Cliffe girl, in 1904 and they
set up home in Park Street in the village about 1909. John was
working as an iron turner at the time.
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