Stephen Tansley Claypole

1889 - 1963  (73 years)

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• Name	Stephen Tansley Claypole
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	26 Sep 1889	Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	(85), Corby Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [2]
  Residence	1901	(122), Blind Lane, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [3]
  Residence	1911	(81), The Nook, Corby Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [4]
  Occupation	1911
  	Farm labourer
  Military Service	May 1913-May 1920
  	Private (9705) 1st Leicestershire Regiment / (201319) Northamptonshire Reg
  	He served in France (Sept 1914) and Sidi Bashr, Egypt (1916),
  Residence	1939	(152), Barrack Yard, Blind Lane, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Died	1963	Oundle, Northamptonshire   [5]
  Person ID	I1638	Extended Craxford Family | The main Craxford branch RED pages I5 (James Ernest Craxford) + I77 (Arthur Craxford)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John Claypole,   b. 12 Nov 1851, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1934, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne Tansley,   b. 1854, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1940, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 86 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1874	St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [6]
  Family ID	F485	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Sep 1889 - Cottingham, Northamptonshire  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		The Princess Mary Gift Tin: Christmas 1914 In November 1914, the 'Sailors & Soldiers Christmas Fund' was created by Princess Mary, the seventeen year old daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. The purpose was to provide everyone wearing the King's uniform and serving overseas on Christmas Day 1914 with a 'gift from the nation'. - The Kinnethmont Web Site
  		The 1914 medal set: LEFT: The 1914 Star: The star was awarded to all officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces, (including civilian medical practitioners, nursing sisters, nurses and others who were employed with military hospitals), serving in France or Belgium on the establishment of the British Expeditionary Forces between 05 August 1914 and midnight of 22/23 November 1914. The medal was not issued for service afloat. It is often called the 'MONS STAR'. In 1919 King George V authorised a clasp bearing the dates for those who had actually been under fire during that period. The majority of the recipients of the star were officers and men of the prewar British Army, the "old Contemptibles" who landed in France soon after the outbreak of the First World War and who took part in the retreat from Mons, hence the popular nickname of Mons Star. BARS: 5th Aug. - 22nd Nov. 1914: The bar was awarded to those who served under fire or were present on duty within range of the enemy mobile artillery in France or Belgium between the above dates and on the strength of units and formations contained in the official lists. CENTRE: The British War Medal (silver, 1.42 inches in diameter) was instituted to record the successful conclusion of the First World War, but it was extended to cover the period 1919 - 20 and service in mine clearing at sea as well as participation in operations in North and South Russia, the Eastern Baltic, Siberia, the Black Sea and Caspian. The reverse shows a horseman (St. George, naked), armed with a short sword (an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieves victory over Prussianism). The horse tramples on the Prussian shield and the skull and cross-bones. Just off-centre, near the right upper rim, is the sun of Victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the left and right fields respectively. RIGHT: The Victory Medal was awarded to all ranks of the fighting forces, to civilians under contract, and others employed with military hospitals who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive). It was also awarded to members of the British Naval mission to Russia 1919 - 1920 and for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919. This medal was never issued alone, it was issued to those that already had the 1914 or 1914 - 15 Stars and most of those who had the British War Medal. It is often known as the Allied War Medal because the same basic design and double rainbow ribbon were adopted by thirteen other Allied nations. Text and photograph courtesy of Sarah Jane Medals, website now retired.
  		Stephen Claypole medal (detail) Shows the engraving on the edge of the British War medal: 1-9705 PTE. S. CLAYPOLE LEIC. R.
  		Stephen Claypole Photograph taken in Barrack Yard about 1950
  		World War 1 ribbon bar and rosette Bar worn on jacket and signifies the 1914 star (the rosette indicating the 1914 clasp), the British War medal and the Victory medal Replica bar bought from prolaser2, eBay

  
  

  Medal Cards

  Claypole, Stephen This shows he was part of the British Expeditionary Force which landed in France during the first few weeks of the war and was entitled to the 1914 Star with clasp and rosette.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Kettering 3b 193 (OND 1889) (Reliability: 3). [S17] 1891 England Census, Kettering Corby RG12/1219 21 12 (Reliability: 4). [S19] 1901 England Census, Kettering RG13/1450 2 23 (Reliability: 4). [S284] 1911 England Census, Kettering Rothwell RG14PN8591 RG78PN445 RD167 SD3 ED2 SN81 (Reliability: 4). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Oundle 73 3b (JFM 1963) (Reliability: 3). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Kettering 3b 205 (JFM 1874) (Reliability: 3).