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vy machine gun fire, re-organised it. He showed the highest
qualities of command under difficult conditions.”
By this date he was back with the Northants Regiment.
As the war came to an end he served in Germany in the British
Army of the Rhine and later in Ireland, 1921 – 22.
He retired in November 1922 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 5th June 1918 reported:-
“A Parish Meeting was held on Friday night to consider an offer made
by Major D W Powell of Manor House, to give to the parish for the
purpose of a village hall the old malting premises, for many years
disused. The gift is a most generous one, but owing to the rather
awkward position of the building and the outlay required, it is doubtful
whether the offer can be accepted for this purpose.”
(A subscription appeal raised the money and the building is now
the Kings Cliffe Memorial Hall.)
He died in June 1935, aged 56, at Bagshot, Surrey.
RHODES John H
Private11033 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
John Rhodes was born in about 1885, his parents being John
and Maria Rhodes.
The Rhodes family originated from Market Rasen in North
Lincolnshire. When John senior was about seven years old, his
father died leaving his mother, Mary, to bring up their three boys
on her charlady wages. John H was the eldest of these boys.
We know from various forms that John could neither read nor
write (not unusual in 1850) and signed with an X, which explains
the many spellings of his surname after he left home.
In 1861, he had become John Rhoads and was working as a
carter on a farm in Gainsborough. In 1862, he married Maria
Ogg in their home village of Ludford. They were still living near
Market Rasen when their first three children were born – George
in 1863 at Thornton le Moor, William in 1867 in Hainton and
Betsy Ann in 1870 in Ludford. It is obvious that the family moved
around as John sought work as a farm labourer.
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qualities of command under difficult conditions.”
By this date he was back with the Northants Regiment.
As the war came to an end he served in Germany in the British
Army of the Rhine and later in Ireland, 1921 – 22.
He retired in November 1922 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 5th June 1918 reported:-
“A Parish Meeting was held on Friday night to consider an offer made
by Major D W Powell of Manor House, to give to the parish for the
purpose of a village hall the old malting premises, for many years
disused. The gift is a most generous one, but owing to the rather
awkward position of the building and the outlay required, it is doubtful
whether the offer can be accepted for this purpose.”
(A subscription appeal raised the money and the building is now
the Kings Cliffe Memorial Hall.)
He died in June 1935, aged 56, at Bagshot, Surrey.
RHODES John H
Private11033 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
John Rhodes was born in about 1885, his parents being John
and Maria Rhodes.
The Rhodes family originated from Market Rasen in North
Lincolnshire. When John senior was about seven years old, his
father died leaving his mother, Mary, to bring up their three boys
on her charlady wages. John H was the eldest of these boys.
We know from various forms that John could neither read nor
write (not unusual in 1850) and signed with an X, which explains
the many spellings of his surname after he left home.
In 1861, he had become John Rhoads and was working as a
carter on a farm in Gainsborough. In 1862, he married Maria
Ogg in their home village of Ludford. They were still living near
Market Rasen when their first three children were born – George
in 1863 at Thornton le Moor, William in 1867 in Hainton and
Betsy Ann in 1870 in Ludford. It is obvious that the family moved
around as John sought work as a farm labourer.
158
