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– suitable for labour on the home front. He joined the motor
transport division of the Army Service Corps.
He was not released from service until December 1919.
His death was recorded in Stamford in June 1927, aged 40.
WOOTTON Percy Henry
Possibly Private 45868 Lancashire Fusiliers
Percy was born in 1889 in Kings Cliffe, the son of Mark and
Eliza Wootton of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
At one time his father had been the publican at the Wheel Inn
on West Street.
We have no written records of his time in the army, but family
reports say that he was severely wounded in both legs and
suffered from shell shock and trench foot.
On his return to the village he suffered a mental breakdown and
spent some time in a hospital.
He resorted to alcohol as a way of relief and pain release. When
he was about 60 he moved to Whittlesey, where he managed to
kick the habit. He is buried in the Kings Cliffe cemetery.
Written with help from Rene Marshall, niece of Percy
Wootton.
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transport division of the Army Service Corps.
He was not released from service until December 1919.
His death was recorded in Stamford in June 1927, aged 40.
WOOTTON Percy Henry
Possibly Private 45868 Lancashire Fusiliers
Percy was born in 1889 in Kings Cliffe, the son of Mark and
Eliza Wootton of West Street, Kings Cliffe.
At one time his father had been the publican at the Wheel Inn
on West Street.
We have no written records of his time in the army, but family
reports say that he was severely wounded in both legs and
suffered from shell shock and trench foot.
On his return to the village he suffered a mental breakdown and
spent some time in a hospital.
He resorted to alcohol as a way of relief and pain release. When
he was about 60 he moved to Whittlesey, where he managed to
kick the habit. He is buried in the Kings Cliffe cemetery.
Written with help from Rene Marshall, niece of Percy
Wootton.
258
