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b, a member of the Cricket Club, and Scoutmaster of the local Boy
Scouts, and was very highly esteemed. He leaves a wife and son, for
whom the deepest sympathy is felt”.
A second son, named after his father, Herbert V Green, was
born late in 1918.
With Russia out of the war, following their revolution, the
Germans were able to transfer all of their Eastern Front armies
to face the British and French on the Western Front. There was
a concerted push by the Germans causing the British to retreat
until a stalemate was once more reached. The last days of this
battle involved the Loyal North Lancs 9th Battalion.”
“On 27th May 1918 the Germans mounted a third offensive, this
time against a French sector near the River Aisne. This sector
was, by chance, held by the battered British IX Corps which, in
need of a rest, had been allotted a supposedly quiet area. The
British troops involved included .... the 9th Loyal North Lancs. All
of these were in reserve when the forward areas were pounded
by the largest concentration of artillery yet assembled. The main
line of defence was quickly breached and overwhelmed and the
reserves were committed piecemeal in desperate and confused
fighting against odds of at least four to one. Unit cohesion was
soon shattered, but the troops fought on in isolated company
groups and mixed detachments, retiring in close contact until
the tide was turned and, after eight days heavy fighting, the
German advance once more ground to a halt. The 9th Loyal’s
casualties were no fewer than 1,200.”
It was in the early part of this action that Herbert Ventross Green
lost his life.
Written with help from Bob Sykes
GREEN John James
Possibly Private 538237 Royal Army Medical Corps
Probably John James Green, born 1889 in Yarwell, the son of
Joseph and Annie Green of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 16th September 1914 listed
25 men from Kings Cliffe who were in the army. It included J Green.
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Scouts, and was very highly esteemed. He leaves a wife and son, for
whom the deepest sympathy is felt”.
A second son, named after his father, Herbert V Green, was
born late in 1918.
With Russia out of the war, following their revolution, the
Germans were able to transfer all of their Eastern Front armies
to face the British and French on the Western Front. There was
a concerted push by the Germans causing the British to retreat
until a stalemate was once more reached. The last days of this
battle involved the Loyal North Lancs 9th Battalion.”
“On 27th May 1918 the Germans mounted a third offensive, this
time against a French sector near the River Aisne. This sector
was, by chance, held by the battered British IX Corps which, in
need of a rest, had been allotted a supposedly quiet area. The
British troops involved included .... the 9th Loyal North Lancs. All
of these were in reserve when the forward areas were pounded
by the largest concentration of artillery yet assembled. The main
line of defence was quickly breached and overwhelmed and the
reserves were committed piecemeal in desperate and confused
fighting against odds of at least four to one. Unit cohesion was
soon shattered, but the troops fought on in isolated company
groups and mixed detachments, retiring in close contact until
the tide was turned and, after eight days heavy fighting, the
German advance once more ground to a halt. The 9th Loyal’s
casualties were no fewer than 1,200.”
It was in the early part of this action that Herbert Ventross Green
lost his life.
Written with help from Bob Sykes
GREEN John James
Possibly Private 538237 Royal Army Medical Corps
Probably John James Green, born 1889 in Yarwell, the son of
Joseph and Annie Green of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
The Stamford & Rutland News of 16th September 1914 listed
25 men from Kings Cliffe who were in the army. It included J Green.
87
