Page 252 - ATKCM_30.04.15
P. 252
DING Harry
Possibly Private M2/099329 Army Service Corps
Private 483626 Labour Corps
Harry was born in Kings Cliffe in 1878 to Thomas and Rhoda
Wooding, who lived in Park Street.
On 22 June 1896 he went to work for the railway company at
Elton station as a porter/signalman.
By 1901 he had been transferred to Northampton and was in
lodgings at Dallington.
He married Ada Fanny Jackson in 1907 in Northampton and
by 1911 they were living at Kingsthorpe, on the outskirts of
Northampton.
His detailed service records have not survived, but the medal
cards show Harry as originally joining the ASC as a volunteer.
He went to France on 19th November 1915, probably to pursue
work based on his background in the railway system. In early
1917 the ASC was transferred to the Labour Corps.
He survived the war and died in Northampton 1967 aged 89.
WOODING Henry
Sapper WR 347155 Railway Construction Troops, Royal
Engineers
Henry, who was born in 1876 in Kings Cliffe, the son of Samuel
and Alice Wooding of West Street.
By 1891, as a 14-year-old, he was still living with his parents in
the village and working as a labourer.
On 28th September 1909 he married Fanny Granger at Billesdon
in Leicestershire. They set up home in nearby Marefield where
he worked for the LNWR as a platelayer.
He obviously got back to Kings Cliffe on occasions as in 1913 he
had a horse-riding accident. The horse fell on him, fracturing his
right femur. The fracture was put into a splint but the fractured
parts were not in line as it healed. He spent nine weeks in
hospital and was disabled for four months.
Henry was called up 2nd October 1917, joining the Railway
Construction Troop. He did not go overseas but spent his
250
Possibly Private M2/099329 Army Service Corps
Private 483626 Labour Corps
Harry was born in Kings Cliffe in 1878 to Thomas and Rhoda
Wooding, who lived in Park Street.
On 22 June 1896 he went to work for the railway company at
Elton station as a porter/signalman.
By 1901 he had been transferred to Northampton and was in
lodgings at Dallington.
He married Ada Fanny Jackson in 1907 in Northampton and
by 1911 they were living at Kingsthorpe, on the outskirts of
Northampton.
His detailed service records have not survived, but the medal
cards show Harry as originally joining the ASC as a volunteer.
He went to France on 19th November 1915, probably to pursue
work based on his background in the railway system. In early
1917 the ASC was transferred to the Labour Corps.
He survived the war and died in Northampton 1967 aged 89.
WOODING Henry
Sapper WR 347155 Railway Construction Troops, Royal
Engineers
Henry, who was born in 1876 in Kings Cliffe, the son of Samuel
and Alice Wooding of West Street.
By 1891, as a 14-year-old, he was still living with his parents in
the village and working as a labourer.
On 28th September 1909 he married Fanny Granger at Billesdon
in Leicestershire. They set up home in nearby Marefield where
he worked for the LNWR as a platelayer.
He obviously got back to Kings Cliffe on occasions as in 1913 he
had a horse-riding accident. The horse fell on him, fracturing his
right femur. The fracture was put into a splint but the fractured
parts were not in line as it healed. He spent nine weeks in
hospital and was disabled for four months.
Henry was called up 2nd October 1917, joining the Railway
Construction Troop. He did not go overseas but spent his
250
