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YTHORNE Harry
Private 3/9168 Lincolnshire Regiment
Private 414832 Labour Corps
Harry was born in 1872 in Kings Cliffe. His parents were Henry and
Mary Craythorne, who in 1881 lived on West Street. He was the
younger brother of Alfred.
In 1891 he was 18 and living with his parents in Kings Cliffe.
On 3rd December 1898 he married 21-year-old Rosina Ather Goff
in Watford. Their joint domestic address is given as 71 Liverpool
Road, Watford. They had two children, Lottie Mary in 1900, and
Nellie Elizabeth in 1902.
In the 1901 census Harry was at his mother’s house at Top Back
Way, Kings Cliffe. This may just have been on that particular night.
Somewhere between that date and 1914 he signed on for the
Regular Army, probably for seven years. Unfortunately his army
records for that period and for his service in WW1 do not exist
except for his medal card.
Sadly in 1908 Rosina dies aged just 29.
In 1911 Harry is lodging with a family in Emneth, near Wisbech.
He is described as a widower and the girls are not with him. He is
working as a gardener.
In 1914 he signed for the army, probably in his old regiment. His
medal record shows him as
H. Craythorne private 3/9168 Lincolnshire Regiment
H. Craythorne private 414832 Labour Corps.
He went to France in 1914 with the first draft from the regular army
in the BEF.
A report in the Peterborough Standard gives a brief glimpse of his life.
“Our Correspondent had a pleasant surprise visit from Private Harry
Craythorne on Friday. This soldier was a time expired man but directly the
war broke out he re-enlisted and volunteered for active service. A month later
he was in France. This makes his twentieth month out at the war. His brother,
Alfred, who is wounded and in hospital in Rouen, was also a time expired
man who had enlisted when the war started. They both come from a fighting
family. Their father, Mr Henry Craythorne, went through the Crimea.”
His death was recorded at Wisbech in 1954, aged 83.
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Private 3/9168 Lincolnshire Regiment
Private 414832 Labour Corps
Harry was born in 1872 in Kings Cliffe. His parents were Henry and
Mary Craythorne, who in 1881 lived on West Street. He was the
younger brother of Alfred.
In 1891 he was 18 and living with his parents in Kings Cliffe.
On 3rd December 1898 he married 21-year-old Rosina Ather Goff
in Watford. Their joint domestic address is given as 71 Liverpool
Road, Watford. They had two children, Lottie Mary in 1900, and
Nellie Elizabeth in 1902.
In the 1901 census Harry was at his mother’s house at Top Back
Way, Kings Cliffe. This may just have been on that particular night.
Somewhere between that date and 1914 he signed on for the
Regular Army, probably for seven years. Unfortunately his army
records for that period and for his service in WW1 do not exist
except for his medal card.
Sadly in 1908 Rosina dies aged just 29.
In 1911 Harry is lodging with a family in Emneth, near Wisbech.
He is described as a widower and the girls are not with him. He is
working as a gardener.
In 1914 he signed for the army, probably in his old regiment. His
medal record shows him as
H. Craythorne private 3/9168 Lincolnshire Regiment
H. Craythorne private 414832 Labour Corps.
He went to France in 1914 with the first draft from the regular army
in the BEF.
A report in the Peterborough Standard gives a brief glimpse of his life.
“Our Correspondent had a pleasant surprise visit from Private Harry
Craythorne on Friday. This soldier was a time expired man but directly the
war broke out he re-enlisted and volunteered for active service. A month later
he was in France. This makes his twentieth month out at the war. His brother,
Alfred, who is wounded and in hospital in Rouen, was also a time expired
man who had enlisted when the war started. They both come from a fighting
family. Their father, Mr Henry Craythorne, went through the Crimea.”
His death was recorded at Wisbech in 1954, aged 83.
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