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hur Stanger aged 11
Kate Stanger aged 10
Harry Stanger aged 7
Nellie Stanger aged 5
Frank Stanger aged 4
George Stanger aged 2
The family stayed in this house certainly until the end of WW1.
Eli passed away in 1897 and gradually the children left to start
their own families or pursue work. By 1911 only Arthur and
George were still living with their parents, and both were still
single.
By 1916 the parents would be living with the knowledge that all
four of their sons were away at the war.
STANGER Arthur
Born in 1879 in Kings Cliffe, Arthur was the son of William and
Marianne Stanger and the oldest of the Stanger boys. He was
35 when war was declared.
In 1911 he was still single and living with his parents on Park
Street and working as a farm labourer. He was one of the earliest
of the Stanger boys to enlist.
Unfortunately the WW1 army-records store was hit by a bomb in
WW2 and the majority of the records were destroyed. Of those
that survived many were just burnt scraps. Arthur’s records did
not survive, so it is not known which service or regiment he
served with.
We do know from an article in the Stamford Mercury that he had
already joined up by 16th September 1914 but how soon after
Kitchener’s call on 7th August is not clear.
He certainly survived the war and outlived all of his younger
brothers, dying on 7th February 1961, aged 81, in Glapthorne
Road Hospital, Oundle.
He had lived at “Wayside”, Park Street, Kings Cliffe and in his
will he left £1,634.
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Kate Stanger aged 10
Harry Stanger aged 7
Nellie Stanger aged 5
Frank Stanger aged 4
George Stanger aged 2
The family stayed in this house certainly until the end of WW1.
Eli passed away in 1897 and gradually the children left to start
their own families or pursue work. By 1911 only Arthur and
George were still living with their parents, and both were still
single.
By 1916 the parents would be living with the knowledge that all
four of their sons were away at the war.
STANGER Arthur
Born in 1879 in Kings Cliffe, Arthur was the son of William and
Marianne Stanger and the oldest of the Stanger boys. He was
35 when war was declared.
In 1911 he was still single and living with his parents on Park
Street and working as a farm labourer. He was one of the earliest
of the Stanger boys to enlist.
Unfortunately the WW1 army-records store was hit by a bomb in
WW2 and the majority of the records were destroyed. Of those
that survived many were just burnt scraps. Arthur’s records did
not survive, so it is not known which service or regiment he
served with.
We do know from an article in the Stamford Mercury that he had
already joined up by 16th September 1914 but how soon after
Kitchener’s call on 7th August is not clear.
He certainly survived the war and outlived all of his younger
brothers, dying on 7th February 1961, aged 81, in Glapthorne
Road Hospital, Oundle.
He had lived at “Wayside”, Park Street, Kings Cliffe and in his
will he left £1,634.
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