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Coe, Percy
1900 -

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Kettering on 06 Aug 1917. Aged 17y 11m
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 5in; weight 126lbs; chest 34¾in; physical development Good; vision 6/6 6/6; teeth Good; marks L. varicocele. Mole on L leg; religion Wesleyan.
  • Occupation:
  • Shoe Trade
  • Address:
  • 19 Havelock St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Father) Eli Coe, 19 Havelock St, Desborough

Service history

24 Oct 1917Appointed to 20th Battn Training Reserve (58459)
27 Feb 1918Posted to 51st Graduated Battn King's Royal Rifle Corps (44571)
03 Apr 1918Embarked
15 Oct 1918Illness: Admitted Hospital. Field
16 Oct 1918Illness: Admitted to 19 AD[?]. Field
18 Oct 1918Illness: Admitted G.H. Camiens. Boils.
11 Nov 1918Transferred to England per AD Valle de Leige
04 Jan 1919Rifle Depot, Winchester
05 Jan 1919Granted leave until 14-1-19. Address while on leave will be 19 Havelock St, Desborough
28 Feb 1919Demobbed.

British War Medal
Victory Medal



 

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