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nded with a gunshot wound to his forearm. Within five days
he was on his way back to hospital in England, firstly at Bath
and then Plymouth.
The London Gazette of 15th November 1918 records the award
of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Jack. The citation reads: -
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was in charge
of a Lewis gun post in a forward position, which was attacked by the
enemy in large numbers. Though half of his team were put out of
action and there was a large gap on his right, he held his ground and
inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. He showed splendid courage
and determination under heavy fire on this and many other occasions.”
He left the army in February 1919 and returned to Kings Cliffe.
In 1923 he married Mary Leslie; he was now 27 years old.
In the 1950s he worked for the Forestry Commission and lived
at the end of a track near Sulehay. The building had no mains
services and cooking was on a wood burning range.
His death was recorded in Kettering in 1982.
ROBERTS Samuel
Private 11875 Hertfordshire Regiment
Private 203002 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private 647317 Labour Coy, 436 Agric Coy
Samuel was born in 1884 in Kings Cliffe, the second son of
Joseph and Francis Roberts of Bridge Street, Kings Cliffe.
He was brought up in the village and in 1901 was working as an
agricultural labourer. Later he moved to Leicester and worked
in the shoe trade. He married Diana Jane Joyce in Leicester in
1909 and later they moved to Duddington where he had a job as
a forester, working for The Engineering Company.
At the end of 1915, just before conscription came in, he
volunteered to join up. By then they had a daughter, Violet, born
in Leicester a year after the marriage.
Samuel was not required straight away and he remained on the
Army Reserve until January 1917. He joined the Hertfordshire
Regiment but was soon transferred to the 4th Battalion of the
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he was on his way back to hospital in England, firstly at Bath
and then Plymouth.
The London Gazette of 15th November 1918 records the award
of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Jack. The citation reads: -
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was in charge
of a Lewis gun post in a forward position, which was attacked by the
enemy in large numbers. Though half of his team were put out of
action and there was a large gap on his right, he held his ground and
inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. He showed splendid courage
and determination under heavy fire on this and many other occasions.”
He left the army in February 1919 and returned to Kings Cliffe.
In 1923 he married Mary Leslie; he was now 27 years old.
In the 1950s he worked for the Forestry Commission and lived
at the end of a track near Sulehay. The building had no mains
services and cooking was on a wood burning range.
His death was recorded in Kettering in 1982.
ROBERTS Samuel
Private 11875 Hertfordshire Regiment
Private 203002 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private 647317 Labour Coy, 436 Agric Coy
Samuel was born in 1884 in Kings Cliffe, the second son of
Joseph and Francis Roberts of Bridge Street, Kings Cliffe.
He was brought up in the village and in 1901 was working as an
agricultural labourer. Later he moved to Leicester and worked
in the shoe trade. He married Diana Jane Joyce in Leicester in
1909 and later they moved to Duddington where he had a job as
a forester, working for The Engineering Company.
At the end of 1915, just before conscription came in, he
volunteered to join up. By then they had a daughter, Violet, born
in Leicester a year after the marriage.
Samuel was not required straight away and he remained on the
Army Reserve until January 1917. He joined the Hertfordshire
Regiment but was soon transferred to the 4th Battalion of the
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