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orted in Stamford & Rutland News, 21st April 1915:-
“Kings Cliffe. Soldier wounded. News has been received that George
William Britten, of Kings Cliffe, better known as “Billdad”, has been
wounded in the thigh and is in France at No. 4 Hospital. We have
reason to suppose that the wound is not of a serious nature, and we
hope he will soon be fit for duty again.”
BRITTON William
Private 38801 7th Battalion, Yorkshire & Lancashire
Regiment
Born 1891 in Kings Cliffe, William was the son of John and Mary
Britton of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
He worked for London North Western Railways.
He signed up on November 19th 1915 when he was 22 years old.
On the 10th of February 1917 he was sent to France, where he
received a wound to the shoulder and was hospitalised. He was
discharged from the army in January 1918 as being no longer
physically fit for war service. On discharge, he was given a 30/-
advance (£1.50), a suit of plain clothes and an overcoat.
His address on discharge is shown as Park Street, Kings Cliffe,
but at some point he had moved to Peterborough and married
there. He returned to his wife at Glebe Street in Peterborough.
He died there on September 10th 1922 aged only 31. The
cause of death was given as “valvular disease of the heart”.
BROUGHTON James William
Gunner 192990 2/1 North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal
Garrison Artillery
William was born on 5th March 1894 in Kings Cliffe to Frederick
Henry and Annie Broughton of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
He joined up, after the draft, on 7th April 1916 and joined the
Royal Garrison Artillery. This regiment had originally been
responsible for heavy fixed guns protecting forts, harbours etc.
During the war they used the very heavy guns and howitzers,
generally behind the front line, but none the less subject to
significant shelling by the Germans. He worked as a driver,
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“Kings Cliffe. Soldier wounded. News has been received that George
William Britten, of Kings Cliffe, better known as “Billdad”, has been
wounded in the thigh and is in France at No. 4 Hospital. We have
reason to suppose that the wound is not of a serious nature, and we
hope he will soon be fit for duty again.”
BRITTON William
Private 38801 7th Battalion, Yorkshire & Lancashire
Regiment
Born 1891 in Kings Cliffe, William was the son of John and Mary
Britton of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
He worked for London North Western Railways.
He signed up on November 19th 1915 when he was 22 years old.
On the 10th of February 1917 he was sent to France, where he
received a wound to the shoulder and was hospitalised. He was
discharged from the army in January 1918 as being no longer
physically fit for war service. On discharge, he was given a 30/-
advance (£1.50), a suit of plain clothes and an overcoat.
His address on discharge is shown as Park Street, Kings Cliffe,
but at some point he had moved to Peterborough and married
there. He returned to his wife at Glebe Street in Peterborough.
He died there on September 10th 1922 aged only 31. The
cause of death was given as “valvular disease of the heart”.
BROUGHTON James William
Gunner 192990 2/1 North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal
Garrison Artillery
William was born on 5th March 1894 in Kings Cliffe to Frederick
Henry and Annie Broughton of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
He joined up, after the draft, on 7th April 1916 and joined the
Royal Garrison Artillery. This regiment had originally been
responsible for heavy fixed guns protecting forts, harbours etc.
During the war they used the very heavy guns and howitzers,
generally behind the front line, but none the less subject to
significant shelling by the Germans. He worked as a driver,
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