| 1. What is your name? | Fred Coe |
| 2. In or near what Parish or Town were you born? | Desbrough,
Market Harborough, Northampton |
| 3. What is your age? | Nineteen years - months |
| 4. What is your Trade or Calling? | Labourer |
| 5. Are you an Apprentice? |
No |
| 6. Are you Married? |
No |
7. Do you now belong to the Militia, or Army, or Militia Reserve, to the
Volunteers, or to the Naval Coast Volunteers? or to the Royal Naval Reserve
Force?
Do you belong to any Regiment, Brigade or Corps in Her Majesty's Army? | No |
| 8. Have you ever served in the Army, Marines, Militia, or Navy |
No |
| 9. Have you ever been rejected as unfit for Her Majesty's Service, or
for Her Majesty's Indian Forces, upon any prior Enlistment? |
No |
| 10. Have you ever been marked with the letter "D" or the letters "BC"? | No |
11. Where, when, and by whom were you enlisted?
| At Leicester on the 2nd day of April 1873, at 3 o'Clock PM By Sergt
G Anthony of Coldstream Guards |
| 12. Did you receive a Notice, and did you understand its meaning? |
Yes |
| 13. For what Bounty and Kit did you enlist? |
Free Kit |
| 14. Have you any objection to make to the manner of your enlistment? |
No |
| 15. Are you willing to be attested to serve for the term of twelve
Years, provided Her Majesty should so long require your services l the first
six years in Army Service, and the six remaining years in the 1st Class of
the Reserve? | Yes |
| 16. Are you willing to serve for a further term of
twelve months if abroad, or if a state of War exists between Her Majesty and
any Foreign power, if you should be directed so to serve by the Secretary of
State for War, or by the Commanding Officer on any Foreign, Colonial, or
Indian Station? | Yes |
| 17. Do you understand that during the term of your Service in the
Reserve, you may be called upon to serve in [any Regiment of]
Infantry by Her Majesty's Proclamation in
time of imminent nation danger or of great emergency? | Yes |
| Signature of Recruit
Fred Coe X his mark
Witness George Anthony Serjeant |
DECLARATION TO BE
MADE BY RECRUIT ON
ATTESTATION
I, Fred
Coe do solemnly and sincerely
declare, That to the best of my Knowledge and Belief the above answers to
the foregoing questions made and signed by me, are true ; and that I am
willing to be attested for the Term of Twelve Years provided Her Majesty
should so long require my Services, and also, if abroad, or if a state of
War exists between Her Majesty and any Foreign Power, for such further term,
not exceeding Twelve Months, as shall be directed by the Secretary of State
for War, or the Commanding Officer on any Foreign, Colonial, or Indian
Station.
Witness my hand. SIGNATURE
OF RECRUIT Fred
Coe X his mark
SIGNATURE OF WITNESS
George Anthony Serjeant
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The above questions were
asked of the said Fred Coe
and answered by him in my presence, as herein recorded; and the said
Fred Coe
made the above Declaration and Oath before me at
Leicester this
4th day of
April One Thousand eight hundred
and Seventy Three at 10.30 o'Clock, A.M.
Signature of the
Justice Chas R Crossley
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