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port of the allied attack. A typical rate of fire was 1091 rounds (one
every four minutes from each gun) overnight on 14th/15th.”
In 1917, Richard Shrive was awarded the Military Cross.
The Stamford & Rutland news of 23rd January 1918 records:-
“CLIFFE OFFICER’S GALLANTRY. Reward – The Military Cross.
Second Lieutenant Richard Shrive, of Kings Cliffe, has won the Military
Cross for gallant conduct, which is described in the ‘London Gazette’
in the following terms:
‘Second Lieutenant Richard Shrive, RGA, Special Reserve, Kings
Cliffe.
When under heavy shell fire with his battery he entered a burning
building and removed a number of cartridges which were at the point
of being exploded by the burning debris. By his prompt and gallant
action, he undoubtedly saved much material as well as considerable
damage to the guns.’
Lieut. Shrive is a son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shrive, formerly of
Westwood Street, Peterborough, and now of Cliffe. He belongs to
the Regular Forces and received his commission from the ranks. He
has seen eight years’ service. We regret to say that a brother of Lieut.
Shrive appears in our Roll of Honour this week as having been killed
in action.”
Richard stayed in the forces after the war and was recorded as
being on the P&O liner Rawalpindi, coming into London from
Gibraltar in May 1935. He was 43, travelling first class and
recorded as being in HM Forces.
He died at Sheppey, Kent in December 1973, aged 82.
SHRIVE Tom
Corporal 7614 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers),
Northamptonshire Regiment
Born 26th November 1884,Tom was the eldest of the Shrive
boys and was born when his parents, William and Jane Shrive,
were living at Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire. Tom’s father was
a willow basket maker and they moved frequently – possibly to
areas where there was a new source of willow.
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every four minutes from each gun) overnight on 14th/15th.”
In 1917, Richard Shrive was awarded the Military Cross.
The Stamford & Rutland news of 23rd January 1918 records:-
“CLIFFE OFFICER’S GALLANTRY. Reward – The Military Cross.
Second Lieutenant Richard Shrive, of Kings Cliffe, has won the Military
Cross for gallant conduct, which is described in the ‘London Gazette’
in the following terms:
‘Second Lieutenant Richard Shrive, RGA, Special Reserve, Kings
Cliffe.
When under heavy shell fire with his battery he entered a burning
building and removed a number of cartridges which were at the point
of being exploded by the burning debris. By his prompt and gallant
action, he undoubtedly saved much material as well as considerable
damage to the guns.’
Lieut. Shrive is a son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shrive, formerly of
Westwood Street, Peterborough, and now of Cliffe. He belongs to
the Regular Forces and received his commission from the ranks. He
has seen eight years’ service. We regret to say that a brother of Lieut.
Shrive appears in our Roll of Honour this week as having been killed
in action.”
Richard stayed in the forces after the war and was recorded as
being on the P&O liner Rawalpindi, coming into London from
Gibraltar in May 1935. He was 43, travelling first class and
recorded as being in HM Forces.
He died at Sheppey, Kent in December 1973, aged 82.
SHRIVE Tom
Corporal 7614 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers),
Northamptonshire Regiment
Born 26th November 1884,Tom was the eldest of the Shrive
boys and was born when his parents, William and Jane Shrive,
were living at Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire. Tom’s father was
a willow basket maker and they moved frequently – possibly to
areas where there was a new source of willow.
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