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Horsley, Frederick Oscar
1896 -

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Kettering on 10 Dec 1915. Aged 20y
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 4¼in; chest 35in.
  • Occupation:
  • Boot Operative
  • Address:
  • 50 Alexandria, Kettering
  • Next of kin:
  • (mother) Lydia Horsley; Mrs Letty Maud Horsley, 11 Havelock St, Desborough

Service history

23 Jul 1917Appointed to 26 Training Reserve Battn (A253)
23 Sep 1917Transferred to 2/1 Sussex Yeomanry (T19072)
22 Jun 1918Promoted a/L/Cpl paid
10 Apr 1919Discharged, surplus to Military requirements. (having suffered impairment since entry into the Service). Suffers from severe pain in right foot, great toe abducted



 

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