Desborough Soldiers
Attested
- Attested:
- Norwich on 11 Dec 1915. Aged
23y 10m. Married
- Description:
- height 5ft 7in; chest 33½in.
- Occupation:
- Boot and Shoe Operative
- Address:
- 3 Buckwell St, Desborough
- Next of kin:
- (Wife) Mabel Bindley, 3 Buckwell St, Desborough
Service history
| 11 Dec 1915 | Appointed to General Service Army Reserve () |
| 18 Jan 1917 | Northamptonshire Regiment (97426) |
| 18 Jan 1917 | Posted to 4th Battalion Essex Regiment (97426) |
| 03 Apr 1917 | Posted to 55 Bu Machine Gun Corps (97426) |
| 19 Jun 1917 | Embarked Folkstone, disembarked Boulogne |
| 20 Jun 1917 | Joined Machine Gun Corps Base Depot at Camiers |
| 28 Jul 1917 | Joined Company in the field |
| 05 Oct 1917 | Wounded at Etaples, later admitted 26 Gen Hosp |
| 22 Dec 1917 | Joined Base Depot at Camiers |
| 12 Jan 1918 | Joined unit in the field |
| 10 Mar 1918 | Gun shot wound, right foot. Appears to have been missing until 12th Mar |
| 29 Jun 1918 | Joined Base Depot at Camiers |
| 01 Sep 1918 | Joined Battalion |
| 03 Jan 1919 | Performed duties of a shoemaker |
| 13 Mar 1919 | Transferred to the Reserve |