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Coe, Benjamin Robert
1892 -

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Desborough on 21 Jan 1916. Aged 23yr 11m
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 6in; chest 33in; weight 113 lbs; physical development Fair; defect R Ing Hernia.
  • Occupation:
  • Boot Operative
  • Address:
  • 16 Gladstone St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Wife) Evelyn Coe, 16 Gladstone St, Desborough

Service history

16 Aug 1916Posted (as gunner, remainder illegible)
19 Sep 1916Posted (gunner, remainder illegible)
11 Nov 1916R.F.A. C Company (remainder illegible)
01 Feb 1917Transferred to A Battery 352 Brigade Royal Field Artillery (94367)
12 Dec 1917Posted to No 6 C. Res Brigade Royal Field Artillery
20 Apr 1918Punished: When on active service overstaying Leave from 11pm 17/4/18 to 4pm 19/4/18, awarded
12 May 1918Base Depot, France
08 Jun 1918153rd Brigade. Field
15 Feb 191914 days leave to UK
05 Mar 1919Punished: Absent without leave from 9:30 am to 7:30 am 28/02/19 (8 hrs absence), awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks
16 Mar 1919Transferred to 113 Brigade Royal Field Artillery (911367)
22 Jul 1919Leave to UK
09 Aug 1919Punished: When on Active Service overstaying leave to UK from 06:30 hrs 5.8.19 till 06:30 hrs 9.8.19 (4 days), awarded 7 days Field Punishment no 2
20 Sep 1919To England for demob.
15 Oct 1919Demobbed.



 

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