Desborough Soldiers
Enlistment
- Enlisted:
- at Kettering on 29 May 1916. Aged
18y 3m
- Description:
- height 5ft 4¾in; chest 34in; weight 113 lbs; eyes Blue; sight 6/6 6/6;
physical development
Good; marks Mole, back of right shoulder; defect Second toe both feet contracted. Fit for service in field at home & abroad.
- Next of kin:
- (Father) Thomas Bindley, 18 Havelock Street, Desborough
Service history
| 18 Jan 1917 | Appointed to 4th Battn Essex Regiment (5383) |
| 21 Jan 1917 | Posted to 4th Battn Essex Regiment (5383) |
| 04 Apr 1917 | Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (97468) |
| 06 Jul 1917 | Embarked Alexandria, arrived Zeitoun, Egypt, following day75th Battn Machine Gun Corps (97468) |
| 13 Oct 1917 | Joined Company, Base Deport, Field |
| 18 Nov 1917 | Illness: Malaria. To hospital |
| 24 Nov 1917 | Discharged to duty |
| 17 Dec 1917 | Illness: Hospital |
| 22 Jan 1919 | Remark on discharge papers: "Reliable and steady under fire. Has taken a considerable interest in his work. Thoroughly trustworthy" |