Desborough Soldiers
Enlistment
- Enlisted:
- at Desborough on 15 Feb 1916. Aged
18y 7m
- Description:
- height 5ft 8in; chest 34in; weight 135 lbz; vision 6/6 6/6;
physical development
Fair; defect Second toe left foot overlapping.
- Next of kin:
- (Father) William Andrews, Lower King Street, Desborough
Service history
| 28 Jul 1916 | Appointed to 9th Battn Bedfordshire Regiment (31259) |
| 16 Oct 1916 | Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (64517) |
| 11 Feb 1917 | Embarked for France (Folkestone to Boulogne) |
| 12 Feb 1917 | Joined Base Depot, Camiers |
| 17 Mar 1917 | Joined Compoany, field |
| 18 Aug 1917 | To 11th Division Reinforcement Depot |
| 08 Sep 1917 | Rejoined Company, field |
| 09 Feb 1918 | Leave to UK, to 18 Feb 1918 |
| 23 Feb 1918 | Rejoined Company, field |
| 03 Apr 1918 | Serving with 11th Battalion on 3-4-18 |
| 31 Aug 1918 | Illness: I.C.T. Toe Lt Mild. Adm 26 Gen Hosp Etaples |
| 08 Sep 1918 | Illness: I.C.T. Foot L. Adm [???] Etaples |
| 18 Sep 1918 | Joined Base Depot, Camiers |
| 05 Oct 1918 | Joined Battalion, field |
| 04 Nov 1918 | Illness: Adenitis Groin L Sev. Adm 83 Gen H Boulogne |
| 28 Nov 1918 | Joined Base Depot, Camiers |
| 02 Mar 1919 | Leave to UK, to 16 Mar 1919 |
| 22 Mar 1919 | Rejoined from leave |
| 24 Apr 1919 | On strength Rhine Army |
| 29 Jul 1919 | Leave to UK, to 12 Jul 1919 |
| 19 Sep 1919 | Proceeded to Concentration Camp for Dispersal, Cologne |