Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Desborough on 21 Jan 1916. Aged 25y 4m

• Description:
• height 5ft 6¾in; chest 33in; weight 112 lbs; vision 6/6 6/6; physical development Fair.
  

• Occupation:
• Shoe Finisher

• Address:
• 41 New St, Desborough

• Next of kin:
• (Father) Samuel Robert Coe, 15 Gladstone St, Desborough, later (Wife) Elsie Jane Coe, 41 New St, Desborough

Service history

01 Feb 1917

Appointed to 4th Battn The Buffs (6213)

15 Sep 1917

Arrived 38 Inf Base Depot, Etaples

19 Sep 1917

Transferred to 1st East Lancashire Regiment (32307)

29 Jan 1918

Punished: Absent from parade 10-15 a.m., awarded 3 days Confined to Barracks

09 Feb 1918

Illness: Admitted appendicitis

22 Feb 1918

Illness: Admitted No. 9 Can Gen Hosp. Appendicitis, Etaples

28 Feb 1918

Illness: Admitted Bath War Hospital. Appendicitis. Discharged 26 Apr 1918

26 Apr 1918

Granted furlough until 06 May 1918. Address while on leave: 72 Crompton St, Desborough

21 Aug 1918

Posted to B.E.F. France

22 Aug 1918

Embarked

01 Sep 1918

Joined battalion. Field

17 Mar 1919

Demobbed.

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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