Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Northampton on 12 Aug 1914. Aged 18y 6m

• Description:
• height 5ft 6in; weight 126lbs; chest 33½in; eyes Grey; vision 6/6 6/6; hair Brown; physical development Good; marks Scar left clavicle; religion Church of England.
  

• Occupation:
• Shoe Hand

• Next of kin:
• (Father) William Curtis, Desborough

Service history

12 Aug 1914

Appointed to 5th Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (10014)

15 Jan 1915

Punished: Absent from the 3.50 parade, awarded 2 days Confined to Barracks

28 Jan 1915

Punished: I: not complying with an order, II: absent from [???] Officers parade, awarded 8 days Confined to Barracks

11 Apr 1915

Punished: Absent off pass from MN 11.4.15 until 11.30pm 13.4.15 (1 day 23½hrs), awarded 5 days Confined to Barracks

31 May 1915

30 Nov 1917

Expeditionary Force

30 Nov 1917

Captured at Cambri

08 Dec 1917

Prisoner of war. Interned at Madgeburg - Ailplag[?] - Aofjogat[?]. Next of kin (father) notified 16 Feb 1918

14 Jan 1919

Repatriated. Last place of internment: Altengrabow

27 May 1919

Demobbed.

1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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