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father was a police sergeant who had been moved around
the area quite a lot but was stationed at Kings Cliffe in 1918.
Frederick was just 19 and had been in France for a month when
he went missing on 27th May 1918.
On 27th May the 4th Battalion were in reserve at the Chemin des
Dames position when the Germans made a massive attack. The
Battalion moved forward and took up a position round Craonelle,
under enemy bombardment and heavy gas shelling. By midday
the Germans had made big advances and what was left of the
4th Battalion fell back, having expended all of its ammunition.
By the end of the day on May 28th, the Battalion had effectively
ceased to exist. Six hundred and fifty nine officers and men
were dead, wounded or missing. Nineteen-year-old Frederick
Fitzhugh was one of the latter.
The Stamford & Rutland News 10th July 1918 reported –
“Kings Cliffe. Police Sergeant’s son Missing. We regret to announce
that Private F S Fitzhugh, Yorks Regiment, eldest son of Police
Sergeant Fitzhugh, of Kings Cliffe, is officially reported missing since
May 27th. He was 19 years of age, and had been in France a month.
It is hoped news of him will soon be received.”
He is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne. Grave
11.G.16.
GENEVER Walter
Private 3523 Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 70459 Northamptonshire Regiment
Born 9th Oct 1893 in Wigan, Walter was the son of George and
Mary Genever.
They had moved to Kings Cliffe by 1901 where both father and
son were boot-makers.
There is now no evidence of his military records apart from his
medal card. On this is hand-written “died 1917”. This is almost
certainly a mistake as we have records of him marrying Winifred
Clarke in Norfolk in 1925, and his two children, Rose and John,
being born 1929 and 1935.
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the area quite a lot but was stationed at Kings Cliffe in 1918.
Frederick was just 19 and had been in France for a month when
he went missing on 27th May 1918.
On 27th May the 4th Battalion were in reserve at the Chemin des
Dames position when the Germans made a massive attack. The
Battalion moved forward and took up a position round Craonelle,
under enemy bombardment and heavy gas shelling. By midday
the Germans had made big advances and what was left of the
4th Battalion fell back, having expended all of its ammunition.
By the end of the day on May 28th, the Battalion had effectively
ceased to exist. Six hundred and fifty nine officers and men
were dead, wounded or missing. Nineteen-year-old Frederick
Fitzhugh was one of the latter.
The Stamford & Rutland News 10th July 1918 reported –
“Kings Cliffe. Police Sergeant’s son Missing. We regret to announce
that Private F S Fitzhugh, Yorks Regiment, eldest son of Police
Sergeant Fitzhugh, of Kings Cliffe, is officially reported missing since
May 27th. He was 19 years of age, and had been in France a month.
It is hoped news of him will soon be received.”
He is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne. Grave
11.G.16.
GENEVER Walter
Private 3523 Northamptonshire Regiment
Private 70459 Northamptonshire Regiment
Born 9th Oct 1893 in Wigan, Walter was the son of George and
Mary Genever.
They had moved to Kings Cliffe by 1901 where both father and
son were boot-makers.
There is now no evidence of his military records apart from his
medal card. On this is hand-written “died 1917”. This is almost
certainly a mistake as we have records of him marrying Winifred
Clarke in Norfolk in 1925, and his two children, Rose and John,
being born 1929 and 1935.
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