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ON John William
Born in 1881 he was the eldest son of Jane and the late John
Mason.
He joined the Regular Army, possibly as early as 1900.
In the 1901 census there is a 20-year-old John William Mason, a
soldier in the barracks of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards,
in Chelsea. His birth-place was shown as Kettering, but in reality
it should have been Wittering and on the 1881 census this could
easily be mistaken for Kettering. His 12 years would have been
up by 1912 so presumably he re-signed in 1914.
He is mentioned as a regular soldier in the letter by H E Dixon
(Senior) to the local paper in a list of Kings Cliffe men at the war
in 1914.
His detailed records have not survived and there are too many
J. Masons in the medal cards to be able to identify him.
MILES George Wyman
Sergeant 4th Dragoon Guards
George was born in 1882 in Kings Cliffe, the eldest son of farmer
Thomas Miles, and his wife, Ellen.
Thomas died when he was just 35 in 1895 and Ellen brought up
their four children.
In 1901 they were living on West Street and Ellen’s mother, May
Dixon, had joined them.
Later that year Ellen married retired policeman John Lyman and
they moved to Park Street. By this time George was lodging in
Leicester with Kings Cliffe couple George and Letitia Dixon and
he was working as a commercial clerk.
At some time over the next few years he decided to join the
Regular Army.
We know from the letter by H E Dixon to the local paper in 1914,
that George was already in the Regular Army by that date. Our
only other glimpse of his career is an article in the Stamford &
Rutland News of 12th December 1914:-
“Kings Cliffe. Lance-Corporal G Miles, grandson of the late Mr.
George Miles, timber merchant, has been promoted Quarter –Master-
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Born in 1881 he was the eldest son of Jane and the late John
Mason.
He joined the Regular Army, possibly as early as 1900.
In the 1901 census there is a 20-year-old John William Mason, a
soldier in the barracks of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards,
in Chelsea. His birth-place was shown as Kettering, but in reality
it should have been Wittering and on the 1881 census this could
easily be mistaken for Kettering. His 12 years would have been
up by 1912 so presumably he re-signed in 1914.
He is mentioned as a regular soldier in the letter by H E Dixon
(Senior) to the local paper in a list of Kings Cliffe men at the war
in 1914.
His detailed records have not survived and there are too many
J. Masons in the medal cards to be able to identify him.
MILES George Wyman
Sergeant 4th Dragoon Guards
George was born in 1882 in Kings Cliffe, the eldest son of farmer
Thomas Miles, and his wife, Ellen.
Thomas died when he was just 35 in 1895 and Ellen brought up
their four children.
In 1901 they were living on West Street and Ellen’s mother, May
Dixon, had joined them.
Later that year Ellen married retired policeman John Lyman and
they moved to Park Street. By this time George was lodging in
Leicester with Kings Cliffe couple George and Letitia Dixon and
he was working as a commercial clerk.
At some time over the next few years he decided to join the
Regular Army.
We know from the letter by H E Dixon to the local paper in 1914,
that George was already in the Regular Army by that date. Our
only other glimpse of his career is an article in the Stamford &
Rutland News of 12th December 1914:-
“Kings Cliffe. Lance-Corporal G Miles, grandson of the late Mr.
George Miles, timber merchant, has been promoted Quarter –Master-
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