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 |