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g), had a continuous cough and was coughing up blood-
streaked phlegm.
He returned to England and was recommended for discharge
due to being unfit. His discharge took effect from 25th March
1918. His condition was attributed 100% to the war conditions
he had endured in France and was considered to be permanent.
By now he was 31 years old. It was recommended that he
should be treated in a sanatorium. As a result of his permanent
disability, he was awarded a pension, which would start on 25th
Dec 1918 and would expire six months later on 24th June 1919.
One could say that the ministry of pensions knew their jobs!!
He “enjoyed” three months of his pension before he died at his
parent’s house in Kings Cliffe in March 1919. He is remembered
on the Kings Cliffe Roll of Honour.
STANGER George
Private 1512 Army Service Corps
Born in 1888, George was the son of William and Marianne
Stanger of Kings Cliffe.
War was declared against Germany in 1914 and on 7th August
1914, the war minister, Lord Kitchener, made his famous appeal
for volunteers for the New Army. George was the youngest of
the Stanger boys but was the first to answer the call. On 31st
August, at 24 years old, he presented himself at the recruiting
office at Rugby and became Private number 1512 in the Army
Service Corps (ASC later to become the RASC).
The ASC was the group that gave essential back-up, such as
transport, food, provisions etc. to the fighting men. By 1918
Britain had three million men and 500,000 horses on the Western
Front. Without counting munitions and guns, this force required
90,000 tons of food, forage and petrol every month.
It is from his army record that we get the first feeling for George
as a person. On joining up he was 5ft 6in tall (1.7m) and weighed
122lb (55kg), with a 36in chest (91cm). He had light brown eyes,
brown hair and ruddy complexion, probably from working outside
for the past 10 years. He had a tattoo on his left forearm.
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streaked phlegm.
He returned to England and was recommended for discharge
due to being unfit. His discharge took effect from 25th March
1918. His condition was attributed 100% to the war conditions
he had endured in France and was considered to be permanent.
By now he was 31 years old. It was recommended that he
should be treated in a sanatorium. As a result of his permanent
disability, he was awarded a pension, which would start on 25th
Dec 1918 and would expire six months later on 24th June 1919.
One could say that the ministry of pensions knew their jobs!!
He “enjoyed” three months of his pension before he died at his
parent’s house in Kings Cliffe in March 1919. He is remembered
on the Kings Cliffe Roll of Honour.
STANGER George
Private 1512 Army Service Corps
Born in 1888, George was the son of William and Marianne
Stanger of Kings Cliffe.
War was declared against Germany in 1914 and on 7th August
1914, the war minister, Lord Kitchener, made his famous appeal
for volunteers for the New Army. George was the youngest of
the Stanger boys but was the first to answer the call. On 31st
August, at 24 years old, he presented himself at the recruiting
office at Rugby and became Private number 1512 in the Army
Service Corps (ASC later to become the RASC).
The ASC was the group that gave essential back-up, such as
transport, food, provisions etc. to the fighting men. By 1918
Britain had three million men and 500,000 horses on the Western
Front. Without counting munitions and guns, this force required
90,000 tons of food, forage and petrol every month.
It is from his army record that we get the first feeling for George
as a person. On joining up he was 5ft 6in tall (1.7m) and weighed
122lb (55kg), with a 36in chest (91cm). He had light brown eyes,
brown hair and ruddy complexion, probably from working outside
for the past 10 years. He had a tattoo on his left forearm.
229
