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est received the 1915 Star so probably joined up as a volunteer.
He went to France on 4th May 1915 with the Leicestershire
Regiment. He survived the war and in 1922 married Caroline
Beatrice Inns in Kettering.
He was still living in Kettering when he passed away on the 17th
February 1945.
SCOTNEY George
Sapper 262606 259th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
George was born in about August 1889, the son of George and
Caroline (nee Smith) Scotney of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
His parents moved around the area; in 1891 they were in
Southwick and in 1901 in Barrowden.
By 1911 they were back in Kings Cliffe with George working as
a general labourer.
Just before he signed on for the army in January 1916 he was
working as a platelayer for the London North Western Railway.
On 31st January 1917 he was posted overseas to France.
He was in hospital for about a week on two occasions in
September 1917 and then again in February 1918. We do not
know the reason for this.
On the 9th July 1918 he suffered an accident when some rails
that he and others were loading on to a truck, slipped and he
broke his ankle. There was a standard investigation to ensure
that this was not a self-inflicted wound, but he was exonerated
and sent to the Chester War Hospital. He was diagnosed as
having a simple fracture to the right tibia to fibula.
He left the army on 12th February 1919.
At the end of that year he married Louie Skinner, a Kings Cliffe
girl.
He died at Kings Cliffe in June 1940, aged 50.
SCOTNEY James Leonard
Private 15465 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1894 in Barrowden, James was the son of George and
Caroline Scotney.
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He went to France on 4th May 1915 with the Leicestershire
Regiment. He survived the war and in 1922 married Caroline
Beatrice Inns in Kettering.
He was still living in Kettering when he passed away on the 17th
February 1945.
SCOTNEY George
Sapper 262606 259th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
George was born in about August 1889, the son of George and
Caroline (nee Smith) Scotney of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
His parents moved around the area; in 1891 they were in
Southwick and in 1901 in Barrowden.
By 1911 they were back in Kings Cliffe with George working as
a general labourer.
Just before he signed on for the army in January 1916 he was
working as a platelayer for the London North Western Railway.
On 31st January 1917 he was posted overseas to France.
He was in hospital for about a week on two occasions in
September 1917 and then again in February 1918. We do not
know the reason for this.
On the 9th July 1918 he suffered an accident when some rails
that he and others were loading on to a truck, slipped and he
broke his ankle. There was a standard investigation to ensure
that this was not a self-inflicted wound, but he was exonerated
and sent to the Chester War Hospital. He was diagnosed as
having a simple fracture to the right tibia to fibula.
He left the army on 12th February 1919.
At the end of that year he married Louie Skinner, a Kings Cliffe
girl.
He died at Kings Cliffe in June 1940, aged 50.
SCOTNEY James Leonard
Private 15465 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born in 1894 in Barrowden, James was the son of George and
Caroline Scotney.
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