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DING Fred
Private 30902 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 136369 Royal Army Medical Corps
Born in 1883 in Kings Cliffe, Fred was the son of Thomas and
Rhoda Wooding, who lived on Park Street.
The family cannot be found in the 1891 census, but it is known
that Rhoda died in 1899 aged 58.
In 1901 Fred was still living with his father on Park Street and
working as an agricultural labourer.
In 1904 he married Annie Newall in Peterborough.
By the 1911 census Fred and Annie were living in Peterborough
and he was working as a stationery engine operator.
It is not clear at what point he joined the army, but it was almost
certainly after 1914 and possibly after the draft in early 1916.
His detailed records did not survive, so it is difficult to envisage
his war. However, the 1st Battalion Northants Regiment was
involved in some of the fiercest fighting throughout the war. It is
possible that he was transferred to the medical corps after injury
or gassing, but this is pure conjecture.
He survived the war and died in Peterborough in 1945.
WOODING George Edward
Possibly Driver T3/023151 Royal Army Service Corps
George Wooding was born in Kings Cliffe in 1874, the eldest
son of Samuel and Alice Wooding, who lived on West Street.
In 1897 he married Rose Elizabeth Dallison and in 1901 they
were living in Leicester with their eldest child, Ada. On the date
of the census Rose was in Leicester infirmary.
By the time of the 1911 census they were still in Leicester and
by now had six children.
George joined up before the draft and went to France on 25th
September 1915. His detailed records no longer exist.
He survived the war and a seventh child, Maurice, was born in
1918.
George died in Leicester on 2nd December 1957, aged 83.
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Private 30902 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 136369 Royal Army Medical Corps
Born in 1883 in Kings Cliffe, Fred was the son of Thomas and
Rhoda Wooding, who lived on Park Street.
The family cannot be found in the 1891 census, but it is known
that Rhoda died in 1899 aged 58.
In 1901 Fred was still living with his father on Park Street and
working as an agricultural labourer.
In 1904 he married Annie Newall in Peterborough.
By the 1911 census Fred and Annie were living in Peterborough
and he was working as a stationery engine operator.
It is not clear at what point he joined the army, but it was almost
certainly after 1914 and possibly after the draft in early 1916.
His detailed records did not survive, so it is difficult to envisage
his war. However, the 1st Battalion Northants Regiment was
involved in some of the fiercest fighting throughout the war. It is
possible that he was transferred to the medical corps after injury
or gassing, but this is pure conjecture.
He survived the war and died in Peterborough in 1945.
WOODING George Edward
Possibly Driver T3/023151 Royal Army Service Corps
George Wooding was born in Kings Cliffe in 1874, the eldest
son of Samuel and Alice Wooding, who lived on West Street.
In 1897 he married Rose Elizabeth Dallison and in 1901 they
were living in Leicester with their eldest child, Ada. On the date
of the census Rose was in Leicester infirmary.
By the time of the 1911 census they were still in Leicester and
by now had six children.
George joined up before the draft and went to France on 25th
September 1915. His detailed records no longer exist.
He survived the war and a seventh child, Maurice, was born in
1918.
George died in Leicester on 2nd December 1957, aged 83.
249
