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ords have not survived and there are too many George
Smiths in the medal cards to identify him.
Our only other information is another article in the Stamford &
Rutland News on 20th March 1918:-
“Kings Cliffe – Honourably Discharged – The following men have
been honourably discharged from the Army, as being unfit for further
service: Privates George Smith, ....”.
Men were frequently discharged as no longer being fit for further
service due to gassing or wounds, but, that this was the case
with George, is only surmise.
He died in Kings Cliffe in March 1961 aged 88.
SMITH H
He is mentioned in the letter to the Stamford & Rutland News
of 16th September 1914 in the names of 25 Kings Cliffe men in
the Army - ... H. Smith.
No likely H Smith can be found in the 1911, 1901 or 1891 census
for Kings Cliffe or of men born in Kings Cliffe but not resident
there. A possibility is John Henry Smith born 1877, if he was
known locally by his second name. The identity is too tenuous
to identify a specific military record.
SMITH John (Jack) William
Lance Corporal G/14578 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent
Regiment
Born in 1896 in Kings Cliffe, Jack was the son of Robert and
Selina Smith and the elder brother of Levi Smith.
In 1911 he was living with his parents at School Hill, Kings Cliffe,
and working as an agricultural labourer.
He went to Northampton on 10th December 1915, just before
the compulsory draft took effect and signed on for the duration
of the war. He was put on to the reserve.
He was 5ft 6in tall (1.7m), 114 lb (52kg) and had a 33in chest (84cm).
He was not mobilised until 19th April the next year. On 1st
September 1916 he was transferred to the 6th Battalion West
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Smiths in the medal cards to identify him.
Our only other information is another article in the Stamford &
Rutland News on 20th March 1918:-
“Kings Cliffe – Honourably Discharged – The following men have
been honourably discharged from the Army, as being unfit for further
service: Privates George Smith, ....”.
Men were frequently discharged as no longer being fit for further
service due to gassing or wounds, but, that this was the case
with George, is only surmise.
He died in Kings Cliffe in March 1961 aged 88.
SMITH H
He is mentioned in the letter to the Stamford & Rutland News
of 16th September 1914 in the names of 25 Kings Cliffe men in
the Army - ... H. Smith.
No likely H Smith can be found in the 1911, 1901 or 1891 census
for Kings Cliffe or of men born in Kings Cliffe but not resident
there. A possibility is John Henry Smith born 1877, if he was
known locally by his second name. The identity is too tenuous
to identify a specific military record.
SMITH John (Jack) William
Lance Corporal G/14578 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent
Regiment
Born in 1896 in Kings Cliffe, Jack was the son of Robert and
Selina Smith and the elder brother of Levi Smith.
In 1911 he was living with his parents at School Hill, Kings Cliffe,
and working as an agricultural labourer.
He went to Northampton on 10th December 1915, just before
the compulsory draft took effect and signed on for the duration
of the war. He was put on to the reserve.
He was 5ft 6in tall (1.7m), 114 lb (52kg) and had a 33in chest (84cm).
He was not mobilised until 19th April the next year. On 1st
September 1916 he was transferred to the 6th Battalion West
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