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YTHORNE William
William was born in 1862 in Kings Cliffe. His parents were Henry
and Mary Craythorne who had lived on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
William Craythorne was mentioned in the list of Cliffe men who
had gone to the war in the Stamford & Rutland News in Sept
1914. It seems unlikely that William, the eldest of the Craythorne
boys, would have been accepted as he was 51 years old at the
start of the war.
However he may, like his brother Alfred, have lied about his age.
Neither Alfred nor Harry is mentioned in the newspaper list,
even though both are in the army at that date. It is likely to be
an error on the part of the correspondent.
It is possible that the William Craythorne who died in Huntingdon
in 1901, aged 38, is our William, and in that case the W.
Craythorne who went to the war from Kings Cliffe is a mystery.
CUNNINGTON Fred
Probably Private 20246 Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 29178 Warwickshire Regiment
Fred was born in 1875 and was the son of William and Mary
Cunnington.
He married Edie Smith from Apethorpe in 1900 and they had
four children.
Fred joined the Northamptonshire Regiment and served with
them in Africa. No records of any Northamptonshire Battalions
being involved in the African Theatre can be found so it may be
that he joined the regular army shortly after he was married and
went to the 2nd Boer War with the 2nd Battalion Northants who
were there from 1902 to 1904.
He was later transferred to, or joined, the Warwickshire Regiment
and served in Italy in the transport section.
He returned to Cliffe after the war and lived in a cottage on West
Street next to the Wheel Inn. He worked on several farms in the
area. In 1930 the family moved to the new council houses on
Blatherwycke Road, which is where Fred died in 1960 aged 85.
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William was born in 1862 in Kings Cliffe. His parents were Henry
and Mary Craythorne who had lived on West Street, Kings Cliffe.
William Craythorne was mentioned in the list of Cliffe men who
had gone to the war in the Stamford & Rutland News in Sept
1914. It seems unlikely that William, the eldest of the Craythorne
boys, would have been accepted as he was 51 years old at the
start of the war.
However he may, like his brother Alfred, have lied about his age.
Neither Alfred nor Harry is mentioned in the newspaper list,
even though both are in the army at that date. It is likely to be
an error on the part of the correspondent.
It is possible that the William Craythorne who died in Huntingdon
in 1901, aged 38, is our William, and in that case the W.
Craythorne who went to the war from Kings Cliffe is a mystery.
CUNNINGTON Fred
Probably Private 20246 Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 29178 Warwickshire Regiment
Fred was born in 1875 and was the son of William and Mary
Cunnington.
He married Edie Smith from Apethorpe in 1900 and they had
four children.
Fred joined the Northamptonshire Regiment and served with
them in Africa. No records of any Northamptonshire Battalions
being involved in the African Theatre can be found so it may be
that he joined the regular army shortly after he was married and
went to the 2nd Boer War with the 2nd Battalion Northants who
were there from 1902 to 1904.
He was later transferred to, or joined, the Warwickshire Regiment
and served in Italy in the transport section.
He returned to Cliffe after the war and lived in a cottage on West
Street next to the Wheel Inn. He worked on several farms in the
area. In 1930 the family moved to the new council houses on
Blatherwycke Road, which is where Fred died in 1960 aged 85.
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