Desborough Soldiers
Enlistment
- Enlisted:
- at Desborough on 25 Aug 1916. Aged
20y
- Description:
- height 5ft 7in; weight 129lbs; chest 34in;
physical development
Fair; marks Recent operation on nose. No obstruction. States has recently had affection of frontal sinuses. (No swelling or ternderness. no catarrh); religion Wesleyan.
- Occupation:
- Shoe Finisher
- Next of kin:
- (Father) Eli Coe, 19 Havelock St, Desborough
Service history
| 26 Oct 1915 | Appointed to Cambridgeshire Regiment (83032) |
| 03 Jan 1917 | Transferred to Machine Gun Corps (83032) |
| 06 Jul 1917 | Transferred to 5th Battn Machine Gun Corps |
| 10 Aug 1917 | Embarked Folkestone for Boulogne |
| 11 Aug 1917 | Joined base depot, Camiers |
| 24 Aug 1917 | Joined company, Field |
| 21 Oct 1917 | Embarked Marseilles on "Minnstonka"? |
| 10 Nov 1917 | Disembarked Basra |
| 17 Nov 1917 | Illness: NYD [not yet diagnosed]. Admitted to 40 British Gen Hosp, Basra |
| 01 Dec 1917 | Boils. Discharged to duty from BGH, Basra |
| 09 Dec 1917 | Rejoined company, Magil |
| 06 Jul 1918 | Illness: Sandfly Fever. Admitted to hospital, Baghdad |
| 07 Jul 1918 | Illness: Sandfly Fever. Admitted to hospital, Ramadi |
| 13 Jul 1918 | Illness: Sandfly Fever. Transferred to Con Dep |
| 11 Aug 1918 | Illness: Sandfly Fever. Admitted to hospital, Mesopotamia |
| 29 Sep 1918 | Rejoined company,Ramadi |
| 19 Apr 1919 | Rt Baghdad for duty |
| 03 May 1919 | Posted to 18th ?? M G |
| 27 Sep 1919 | Illness: Admitted. Field |
| 28 Oct 1919 | Illness: Admitted. Dysentry. Field |
| 17 Jan 1920 | Embarked for UK |