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GE Sydney George
Private 9935 Bedfordshire Regiment
Born in 1892 in Truro, Cornwall, Sydney’s parents were Frederick
and Mary Ann Burge who moved to Kings Cliffe in early 1900s.
By 1911 he had left his parent’s home and was lodging in
Huntingdon, working as a shop assistant.
The Stamford & Rutland News of the19th April 1916 reported:
“ Married men join: - ....Mr Sydney Burge, youngest son of Mr Burge
of West Street, has answered the call from Hitchin.”
Sydney married Elsie Priscilla Ives at Biggleswade in 1914 and
they had a son Douglas Arthur that year .He died in Hitchin in
1971.
BURKETT George Edward (Ted)
Private 1899 Territorial Army Service Corps
Corporal 035388 Army Service Corps Divisional Supply
Train
Born 28th January 1890 in Kings Cliffe, Ted was the son of
George and Emily Burkett of Kings Cliffe.
They lived at Spa Farm (now Apethorpe) where George (senior)
worked for Mr Donkin. The family moved to Wickhambrooke in
Suffolk, where Mr Donkin had another farm. Ted had a love of
engineering and was convinced that the internal combustion
engine was the future, whereas his father saw it as a passing
phase. He took an apprenticeship in Bury St Edmunds to learn
to be an engineer in the emerging motor business. He was
living at 11, Reeds Buildings, Bury St Edmunds and whilst there
he enlisted in the Territorial Army, Suffolk Regiment, at the age
of 25. At the time he described his trade as a chauffeur.
On the 17th of February 1915, and within two months of enlisting,
he was transferred to the regular army as a driver. Five months
later, he embarked from Avonmouth for Le Havre.
He remained in France for the next four years as a driver,
supplying ammunition to the front. This was not a task as safe
as it might first appear, as drivers would often have to travel on
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Private 9935 Bedfordshire Regiment
Born in 1892 in Truro, Cornwall, Sydney’s parents were Frederick
and Mary Ann Burge who moved to Kings Cliffe in early 1900s.
By 1911 he had left his parent’s home and was lodging in
Huntingdon, working as a shop assistant.
The Stamford & Rutland News of the19th April 1916 reported:
“ Married men join: - ....Mr Sydney Burge, youngest son of Mr Burge
of West Street, has answered the call from Hitchin.”
Sydney married Elsie Priscilla Ives at Biggleswade in 1914 and
they had a son Douglas Arthur that year .He died in Hitchin in
1971.
BURKETT George Edward (Ted)
Private 1899 Territorial Army Service Corps
Corporal 035388 Army Service Corps Divisional Supply
Train
Born 28th January 1890 in Kings Cliffe, Ted was the son of
George and Emily Burkett of Kings Cliffe.
They lived at Spa Farm (now Apethorpe) where George (senior)
worked for Mr Donkin. The family moved to Wickhambrooke in
Suffolk, where Mr Donkin had another farm. Ted had a love of
engineering and was convinced that the internal combustion
engine was the future, whereas his father saw it as a passing
phase. He took an apprenticeship in Bury St Edmunds to learn
to be an engineer in the emerging motor business. He was
living at 11, Reeds Buildings, Bury St Edmunds and whilst there
he enlisted in the Territorial Army, Suffolk Regiment, at the age
of 25. At the time he described his trade as a chauffeur.
On the 17th of February 1915, and within two months of enlisting,
he was transferred to the regular army as a driver. Five months
later, he embarked from Avonmouth for Le Havre.
He remained in France for the next four years as a driver,
supplying ammunition to the front. This was not a task as safe
as it might first appear, as drivers would often have to travel on
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