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Coe, Harold
1894 -

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Desborough on 26 Jun 1916. Aged 21yr
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 5¾in; chest 35in.
  • Occupation:
  • Shoe Tacker
  • Address:
  • 133 Union St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Father) Jacob Coe, 133 Union St, Desborough

Service history

09 Sep 1916Transferred to 5th Battn Royal Fusiliers (11300 ?)
10 Oct 1916B.E.F.
05 Apr 1917Gun shot wound Head, Thigh & Perineum sev. St John Ambulance Brigade Hosp, Etaples
10 May 1917Gun shot wound Buttock sev. L Staffs Infirmary, Stoke on Trent
28 Jul 1917Furlough 28.7.17 to 6.8.17
04 Feb 1919Transferred to Training Battn Royal Army Medical Corps (143412)
14 Feb 1919Demobbed.
15 Feb 191930% disablement, awarded weekly pension of 8/3, until further notice

British War Medal
Victory Medal



 

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