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1911 he was still living at home with his parents and working
as an agricultural labourer. He joined the 5th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment and served in France. In late 1917 and
early 1918 the 5th Battalion was involved in some of the hardest
fighting of the war as they strove to hold the German offensive
which was bolstered by the regiments returned from the, now
non- existent Eastern Front. Whether Charles was involved in
this is not clear, as we do not know at what date he was returned
to England. In 1918 all armies in the war were affected by the
global influenza epidemic.
Influenza can lead on to pneumonia and Charles eventually
succumbed to this at the army depot at Daventry on 15th
November 1918.
He is buried in the cemetery at Kings Cliffe, grave 704.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 27th November 1918 reports:-
“Kings Cliffe – Private Charles Roberts, son of Mr Charles Roberts,
died at an Army depot near Daventry, on November 15th from double
pneumonia. He was 20 years of age.”
(Note – he was in fact 25 years old.)
ROBERTS Daniel Denton
Trooper 149289 Royal Engineers, Railway Troops
Daniel was born in 1894 in Kings Cliffe the son of Daniel and Emma
Roberts, of the Wheel Inn, West Street, Kings Cliffe. He was the
brother of John and Thomas Roberts, who also served in the army.
Daniel was working as a plate-layer for LNWR before he joined the
Royal Engineers at Peterborough in their rail construction division.
He was 21 when he signed on in Jan 1916 and after training went
to France in May of that year. He had three periods in the hospital
at Rouen in Sept 1916, May 1917 and again in June 1917. Each
visit lasted about a week but there are no details of his illnesses.
He left the army in 1919 and married Clarice Maud Cole in 1920.
They had a child, Sylvia Mary Elizabeth Roberts in 1921. She
passed away in 2013.
Daniel died in Stamford in 1974, aged 80.
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as an agricultural labourer. He joined the 5th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment and served in France. In late 1917 and
early 1918 the 5th Battalion was involved in some of the hardest
fighting of the war as they strove to hold the German offensive
which was bolstered by the regiments returned from the, now
non- existent Eastern Front. Whether Charles was involved in
this is not clear, as we do not know at what date he was returned
to England. In 1918 all armies in the war were affected by the
global influenza epidemic.
Influenza can lead on to pneumonia and Charles eventually
succumbed to this at the army depot at Daventry on 15th
November 1918.
He is buried in the cemetery at Kings Cliffe, grave 704.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 27th November 1918 reports:-
“Kings Cliffe – Private Charles Roberts, son of Mr Charles Roberts,
died at an Army depot near Daventry, on November 15th from double
pneumonia. He was 20 years of age.”
(Note – he was in fact 25 years old.)
ROBERTS Daniel Denton
Trooper 149289 Royal Engineers, Railway Troops
Daniel was born in 1894 in Kings Cliffe the son of Daniel and Emma
Roberts, of the Wheel Inn, West Street, Kings Cliffe. He was the
brother of John and Thomas Roberts, who also served in the army.
Daniel was working as a plate-layer for LNWR before he joined the
Royal Engineers at Peterborough in their rail construction division.
He was 21 when he signed on in Jan 1916 and after training went
to France in May of that year. He had three periods in the hospital
at Rouen in Sept 1916, May 1917 and again in June 1917. Each
visit lasted about a week but there are no details of his illnesses.
He left the army in 1919 and married Clarice Maud Cole in 1920.
They had a child, Sylvia Mary Elizabeth Roberts in 1921. She
passed away in 2013.
Daniel died in Stamford in 1974, aged 80.
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