Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Desborough on 05 Feb 1916. Aged 25y 6m

• Description:
• height 5ft 1in; weight 156lbs; chest 35½in; physical development Good; vision 6/9 6/12; religion Wesleyan.
  

• Occupation:
• Shoe Factory Foreman

• Address:
• 11 Union St, Desborough

• Next of kin:
• (Brother) Arthur Feakin, 37 King St, Desborough

Service history

24 May 1916

Appointed to No 1 Depot Royal Garrison Artillery (86418)

14 Jan 1917

330 Siege Battery, Prees Heath

09 Apr 1917

Appointed to Lydd. Appointed Bombadier

24 Oct 1917

Embarked Southampton for Havre. COnfirmed in rank of Bombadier

04 Aug 1917

Illness: Admitted Hospital. PUI. Field

21 Oct 1917

Posted. Base

21 Apr 1917

Discharged to Base

06 Nov 1917

Posted. 330 Siege Battery

06 Feb 1918

Leave to UK

29 Dec 1918

Leave to UK via Calais. 14 days

08 Jan 1919

Posted to Home Establishment. Demobilized while on leave

01 Feb 1919

Demobbed.

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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