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enlisted as a Private in September 1914 in the
Northamptonshire Regiment, and was later promoted to Lance
Corporal. He served in France.
A report in the Stamford & Rutland News 26th Dec. 1917 reads. –
“Kings Cliffe. Lance Corporal James W Giddings, of Kings Cliffe, has
been wounded in the right arm, and is now at Poole, Dorset. He was
in France two-and-a-half years and saw a lot of the hardest fighting.
He is getting on alright.”
Probably due to his wound, he was discharged on 14th January
1917. He was possibly involved in the last phase of the battle of
the Somme in November 1916.
GIDDINGS William
Private 3525 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born July 1883 in Kings Cliffe, William was the son of Henry and
Selina Giddings of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
He married Eliza Booth in 1902 and they and their five children
lived on Apethorpe Road, Kings Cliffe.
He signed up for the New Army at Oundle in November 1914
when he was 30 years old.
He only remained in the army for a short time as he was
discharged in March 1915 as “being unlikely to become an
efficient soldier”.
This was not a slur on his reputation as the cause was “old
standing mal-united fracture”.
He is described on his discharge papers as 5ft 5in tall (1.65m), 36in
chest (91cm), dark complexion, grey eyes and long brown hair.
His military character was described as very good. His
commanding officer wrote
“During the period Private W Giddings was posted in the regiment
his conduct has been satisfactory and he has carried out all duties
entrusted to him to the best of his ability.”
He returned to Apethorpe Road and died in Stamford in 1956
aged 73.
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Northamptonshire Regiment, and was later promoted to Lance
Corporal. He served in France.
A report in the Stamford & Rutland News 26th Dec. 1917 reads. –
“Kings Cliffe. Lance Corporal James W Giddings, of Kings Cliffe, has
been wounded in the right arm, and is now at Poole, Dorset. He was
in France two-and-a-half years and saw a lot of the hardest fighting.
He is getting on alright.”
Probably due to his wound, he was discharged on 14th January
1917. He was possibly involved in the last phase of the battle of
the Somme in November 1916.
GIDDINGS William
Private 3525 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born July 1883 in Kings Cliffe, William was the son of Henry and
Selina Giddings of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
He married Eliza Booth in 1902 and they and their five children
lived on Apethorpe Road, Kings Cliffe.
He signed up for the New Army at Oundle in November 1914
when he was 30 years old.
He only remained in the army for a short time as he was
discharged in March 1915 as “being unlikely to become an
efficient soldier”.
This was not a slur on his reputation as the cause was “old
standing mal-united fracture”.
He is described on his discharge papers as 5ft 5in tall (1.65m), 36in
chest (91cm), dark complexion, grey eyes and long brown hair.
His military character was described as very good. His
commanding officer wrote
“During the period Private W Giddings was posted in the regiment
his conduct has been satisfactory and he has carried out all duties
entrusted to him to the best of his ability.”
He returned to Apethorpe Road and died in Stamford in 1956
aged 73.
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