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und 1912 they moved to Kings Cliffe and rented a house on
West Street.
Tom joined the Regular Army as part of the Northamptonshire
Regiment in about 1904. His service number suggests that it
was, in fact, about August 1904. He may well have seen service
overseas prior to WW1, as both of the regular battalions were
overseas in this period.
In the 1911 census he was at his parent’s house in Peterborough,
and his occupation was listed as L/Cpl, Infantry Regiment.
The 5th Battalion was formed when war was declared and it is
likely that Tom was transferred to it to help train the thousands of
new recruits who volunteered. When they had finished training
the Battalion went to France at the end of May 1915, landing at
Boulogne.
They remained in France for the rest of the war, being involved in
many of the bloodiest battles including the fighting on the Somme.
Tom’s records did not survive the WW2 fire but we know that he
survived the war.
In 1921 he married Daisy Gardner in Northampton, and died at
Brixworth, Northamptonshire in 1974, aged 89.
SKINNER Cecil Bertram
Possibly Private 204409 Bedfordshire Regiment
Private 56912 Lancashire Fusiliers
Born 26th March 1895 in Kings Cliffe, Cecil was the son of
Rowland and Sarah Jane Skinner, of Park Street, Kings Cliffe, and
the brother of Percy.
In 1911 he was staying with his aunt Betsy Ann Woods, at
Uppingham School and working in “gentleman’s service”.
By 1913 he was working for the London and North Western
Railway at Kings Cliffe Station.
From his service number we can deduce that he was not one
of the earliest to sign up and it may have been in 1916 after the
compulsory draft.
Without knowing his battalion it is not possible to know his activities
in the war, but we do know that he survived.
Cecil died in Wellingborough in March 1974 aged 79.
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West Street.
Tom joined the Regular Army as part of the Northamptonshire
Regiment in about 1904. His service number suggests that it
was, in fact, about August 1904. He may well have seen service
overseas prior to WW1, as both of the regular battalions were
overseas in this period.
In the 1911 census he was at his parent’s house in Peterborough,
and his occupation was listed as L/Cpl, Infantry Regiment.
The 5th Battalion was formed when war was declared and it is
likely that Tom was transferred to it to help train the thousands of
new recruits who volunteered. When they had finished training
the Battalion went to France at the end of May 1915, landing at
Boulogne.
They remained in France for the rest of the war, being involved in
many of the bloodiest battles including the fighting on the Somme.
Tom’s records did not survive the WW2 fire but we know that he
survived the war.
In 1921 he married Daisy Gardner in Northampton, and died at
Brixworth, Northamptonshire in 1974, aged 89.
SKINNER Cecil Bertram
Possibly Private 204409 Bedfordshire Regiment
Private 56912 Lancashire Fusiliers
Born 26th March 1895 in Kings Cliffe, Cecil was the son of
Rowland and Sarah Jane Skinner, of Park Street, Kings Cliffe, and
the brother of Percy.
In 1911 he was staying with his aunt Betsy Ann Woods, at
Uppingham School and working in “gentleman’s service”.
By 1913 he was working for the London and North Western
Railway at Kings Cliffe Station.
From his service number we can deduce that he was not one
of the earliest to sign up and it may have been in 1916 after the
compulsory draft.
Without knowing his battalion it is not possible to know his activities
in the war, but we do know that he survived.
Cecil died in Wellingborough in March 1974 aged 79.
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