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22nd June the Regiment is sent to France and were there for
just four months before being moved to Salonika, having travelled
overland to Marseille.
Frank had probably fought at the battle of Loos and the
Hohenzollern Redoubt. The Regiment arrived in Salonika on 9th
November 1916.
It went into action almost immediately and Frank was wounded
with a gunshot wound to his right arm, on 8th December 1917. He
had two months in hospital and after recuperation returned to his
Battalion on 13th February 1918.
At the end of May he was wounded again, with a gunshot wound to
the right leg. This time he was sent to hospital in Egypt to recover,
returning to his unit on 6th June.
Within a week they are on their way back to the war in France
arriving on the 23rd June.
At the beginning of August Frank was granted a fortnight’s leave in
England, rejoining the unit on 17th August.
By this time the Allies were on a strong offensive, the Americans
having joined the war.
On 22nd October 1918, Frank was again back in hospital as the
result of being gassed.
A week later he was suffering from the deadly influenza epidemic,
possibly contracting it in hospital. He was sent back to England to
recover and did not rejoin his unit until the war had finished on 26th
November 1918.
He returned to England for demobilisation early in February 1919.
He still gave his home address as the Cross Keys in Kings Cliffe.
In early 1920 he married Ellen Dora Eales in Coventry and
became a station master there. His death is recorded in Coventry
in September 1970, aged 78.
LORD Walter John
Private 3530 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 44368 41st Battalion Machine Gun Corps
Born in 1895 in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, John’s parents
were Ebenezer and Rose Clara Lord of School Hill, Kings Cliffe.
As is often the case, police officers are moved around the County
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just four months before being moved to Salonika, having travelled
overland to Marseille.
Frank had probably fought at the battle of Loos and the
Hohenzollern Redoubt. The Regiment arrived in Salonika on 9th
November 1916.
It went into action almost immediately and Frank was wounded
with a gunshot wound to his right arm, on 8th December 1917. He
had two months in hospital and after recuperation returned to his
Battalion on 13th February 1918.
At the end of May he was wounded again, with a gunshot wound to
the right leg. This time he was sent to hospital in Egypt to recover,
returning to his unit on 6th June.
Within a week they are on their way back to the war in France
arriving on the 23rd June.
At the beginning of August Frank was granted a fortnight’s leave in
England, rejoining the unit on 17th August.
By this time the Allies were on a strong offensive, the Americans
having joined the war.
On 22nd October 1918, Frank was again back in hospital as the
result of being gassed.
A week later he was suffering from the deadly influenza epidemic,
possibly contracting it in hospital. He was sent back to England to
recover and did not rejoin his unit until the war had finished on 26th
November 1918.
He returned to England for demobilisation early in February 1919.
He still gave his home address as the Cross Keys in Kings Cliffe.
In early 1920 he married Ellen Dora Eales in Coventry and
became a station master there. His death is recorded in Coventry
in September 1970, aged 78.
LORD Walter John
Private 3530 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 44368 41st Battalion Machine Gun Corps
Born in 1895 in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, John’s parents
were Ebenezer and Rose Clara Lord of School Hill, Kings Cliffe.
As is often the case, police officers are moved around the County
134
