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lter of the Redoubt. The Division had lost 180 officers and
3,583 men and had achieved nothing.
Reggie died in this action.
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial panels 31 to 34.
The Stamford & Rutland News reports on 18th October 1915:-
“ Sad Official News – Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Lyman, who
received a few days ago official intimation of the death of her son,
Private R Miles, of the Lincolnshire Regiment. The young man, who
was familiarly known as ‘Reggie’ was a general favourite with all who
knew him. The communication from the war authorities states that he
was killed in action in France on October 13th 1915, which was the
date of his 22nd birthday.”
MORLEY Walter
Born in 1890 near Leeds, Walter was the son of William and
Sarah Morley of Leeds, Yorks.
He was brought up in Leeds but, by 1911, was lodging with the
Sauntson family in Kings Cliffe, and working as an agricultural
labourer. This may not be such a coincidence, as his mother,
Sarah, was born in Kings Cliffe.
The list of Cliffe men in the army compiled by H E Dixon (Senior)
in 1914 says that he is in the regular army at that time, so he
must have signed on between April 1911 and September 1914.
We know that he married Mary Alice Yardley in Leeds in 1911,
that they had two children and that he died in Leeds in 1949.
There are too many Walter Morley’s in the records to be certain
which one refers to him.
MOUNTNEY George William
Lance Corporal 15836 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment
Born in 1889 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, George was the son of
Richard and Louisa Mountney.
His father, Richard, worked as a butler for FitzHerbert Wright,
a local magistrate who lived in a large house with 11 servants
to cater for the seven members of his family. He “lived in” and
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3,583 men and had achieved nothing.
Reggie died in this action.
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial panels 31 to 34.
The Stamford & Rutland News reports on 18th October 1915:-
“ Sad Official News – Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Lyman, who
received a few days ago official intimation of the death of her son,
Private R Miles, of the Lincolnshire Regiment. The young man, who
was familiarly known as ‘Reggie’ was a general favourite with all who
knew him. The communication from the war authorities states that he
was killed in action in France on October 13th 1915, which was the
date of his 22nd birthday.”
MORLEY Walter
Born in 1890 near Leeds, Walter was the son of William and
Sarah Morley of Leeds, Yorks.
He was brought up in Leeds but, by 1911, was lodging with the
Sauntson family in Kings Cliffe, and working as an agricultural
labourer. This may not be such a coincidence, as his mother,
Sarah, was born in Kings Cliffe.
The list of Cliffe men in the army compiled by H E Dixon (Senior)
in 1914 says that he is in the regular army at that time, so he
must have signed on between April 1911 and September 1914.
We know that he married Mary Alice Yardley in Leeds in 1911,
that they had two children and that he died in Leeds in 1949.
There are too many Walter Morley’s in the records to be certain
which one refers to him.
MOUNTNEY George William
Lance Corporal 15836 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment
Born in 1889 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, George was the son of
Richard and Louisa Mountney.
His father, Richard, worked as a butler for FitzHerbert Wright,
a local magistrate who lived in a large house with 11 servants
to cater for the seven members of his family. He “lived in” and
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