Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Nottingham on 22 Apr 1913. Aged 22y 1m

• Description:
• height 5ft 6¼; weight 130lbs; chest 36in; eyes Grey; hair Dark Brown; marks Scar left thumb, scar right knee, scar back of head; physical development Good; religion Church of England.
  

• Occupation:
• Quarry Labourer

• Address:
• Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Service history

22 Apr 1913

Appointed to 2nd Battn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (4561)

11 Nov 1914

Service: France, to 29.1.15

20 Jan 1915

Illness: Sick. Admitted to hospital. Field

25 Jan 1915

Illness: Frostbite. Admitted to hospital. Havre

26 Jan 1915

Illness: Frostbite. Transferred to England per SS Asturias

28 Jan 1915

Service: Home, to 20.4.15

21 Apr 1915

Embarked for France

27 Apr 1915

Joined battalion

09 Aug 1915

Killed in action, France.

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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