Page 97 - ATKCM_30.04.15
P. 97
KES William Thomas
Corporal 274 Royal Army Medical Corps
Born December 26th 1880, Tom was the second son of Edwin
and Emily Hawkes of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
There is no record of his military career except the report in the
Stamford & Rutland News of 8th May 1918:-
“Kings Cliffe. Three years with the RAMC. – Corporal T Hawkes, after
nearly three years’ service in France with the RAMC, is home pending
discharge on account of ill health.”
He was also mentioned in the same paper of 16th September
1914 as one of the 25 Kings Cliffe men who were in the army
at that date.
HEALEY Charles James
Gunner 79327 161 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
(51 Brigade)
Charles was born in 1887 in Elton, to William and Elizabeth
Healey.
He married Laura Clements in Pettistree Church, Suffolk. They
had three children, Warren, Noreen and Mildred.
He joined the army on 6th May 1916 when they lived near
Duxford. It was around this time that his parents moved to Kirk’s
Lodge, Kings Cliffe on the Apethorpe Road and soon after Laura
moved to Park Street, Kings Cliffe. On joining he was 5ft 6 1/2in
tall (1.7m) with a 35in chest measurement (89cm). He had been
working as a gamekeeper.
On 13th August 1916 his unit moved to join the BEF in France
and by 1917 his battery was positioned near Mount Kemel in
Belgium.
On 20th July Charles was killed in action. He was the only
casualty of the battery that day. He was taken to a casualty
clearing station at the railhead at the small village of Purgatory
and there he died.
His grave is in Croonaert Chapel Cemetery a few hundred yards
from where he died. Plot C grave 13.
95
Corporal 274 Royal Army Medical Corps
Born December 26th 1880, Tom was the second son of Edwin
and Emily Hawkes of Park Street, Kings Cliffe.
There is no record of his military career except the report in the
Stamford & Rutland News of 8th May 1918:-
“Kings Cliffe. Three years with the RAMC. – Corporal T Hawkes, after
nearly three years’ service in France with the RAMC, is home pending
discharge on account of ill health.”
He was also mentioned in the same paper of 16th September
1914 as one of the 25 Kings Cliffe men who were in the army
at that date.
HEALEY Charles James
Gunner 79327 161 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
(51 Brigade)
Charles was born in 1887 in Elton, to William and Elizabeth
Healey.
He married Laura Clements in Pettistree Church, Suffolk. They
had three children, Warren, Noreen and Mildred.
He joined the army on 6th May 1916 when they lived near
Duxford. It was around this time that his parents moved to Kirk’s
Lodge, Kings Cliffe on the Apethorpe Road and soon after Laura
moved to Park Street, Kings Cliffe. On joining he was 5ft 6 1/2in
tall (1.7m) with a 35in chest measurement (89cm). He had been
working as a gamekeeper.
On 13th August 1916 his unit moved to join the BEF in France
and by 1917 his battery was positioned near Mount Kemel in
Belgium.
On 20th July Charles was killed in action. He was the only
casualty of the battery that day. He was taken to a casualty
clearing station at the railhead at the small village of Purgatory
and there he died.
His grave is in Croonaert Chapel Cemetery a few hundred yards
from where he died. Plot C grave 13.
95
