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This section is intended to cover Desborough soldiers of all eras. Links are given to their genealogy ('Family') and to each soldier's military records ('Army Career'). Links marked with a '+' lead to extensive details of their service records which may include personal description and medical history as well as postings; other links lead to just outline information at present. See also the index of Military Records which have been transcribed in full

164 soldiers identified to date.


Allen, Frederick   (b. 1882)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 03 Jul 1918
Demobbed on 26 Apr 1919.

Allen, Thomas   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 10 Feb 1914
Died of Enteric Fever (contracted M.E.F.) 08 Feb 1916, London General Hospital, Wandsworth

Allen, William   (b. 1893)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 11 Sep 1914
Died of wounds received in battle 18 Sep 1918, 48 Casualty Clearing Station, Brie, France

Andrews, Arthur   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 13 Aug 1914
Discharged on 13 Oct 1914. Discharged in consequence of his not being likely to become and efficient soldier for medical reasons. Dislocated semiluner cartiledge. Cannot march

Andrews, Fred   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 01 Dec 1908

Enlisted during WWI
Discharged on 30 Aug 1916. Discharged for re-enlistment into Machine Gun Corps

Enlisted on 01 Jul 1916
Demobbed on 18 Mar 1919.

Andrews, George William   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 15 Feb 1916
Demobbed on Sep 1919.

Bamford, Arthur   (b. 1875)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Blackburn on 08 Aug 1914
Demobbed on 05 Feb 1919.

Barnes, George   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 27 Nov 1917, France

Bindley, Frank   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Derby, Derbyshire on 26 Oct 1916
Demobbed on 15 Feb 1919. Military character: Very Good

Bindley, Frank   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Market Harborough, Leicestershire during WWI
Died of wounds 19 Jul 1916, France

Bindley, Gordon Alfred   (b. 1895)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 31 Jan 1916

Bindley, John William   (b. 1888)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 01 Dec 1909
Demobbed at Northampton on 30 Nov 1913. Discharged in consequence of para 156 (1) T I Regns

Enlisted at Northampton on 08 Aug 1914
Demobbed at York on 31 Mar 1919.

Bindley, Mervyn   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Attested at Norwich on 11 Dec 1915
Demob on 30 Oct 1919.

Bindley, Reginald Clifford   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 29 May 1916
Demobbed on 22 Jan 1919.

Blunsom, Charles   (b. 1820)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted on 24 Mar 1842
Discharged on 13 Jul 1869. Completed his service

Bosworth, Archie Gladstone   (b. 1889)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Market Harborough, Leicestershire during WWI
Killed in action 28 Sep 1918

Bosworth, Charles   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 09 Sep 1914
Discharged on 09 Mar 1915. Military Character: Very Good. Discharged being "unlikely to become an efficient soldier". Epilepsy

Bosworth, Charles   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Eastbourne, Sussex during WWI
Killed in action 19 Jul 1917, France

Bosworth, Frank Cyril   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 10 Dec 1915
Killed in action 06 Oct 1918, France

Bosworth, Harold Arthur   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career+
Attested at Northampton on 27 Jan 1916

Enlisted at Northampton on 01 Feb 1917
Demobbed on 03 Feb 1919.

Bosworth, Percy   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
On the hired transport 'Transylvania' when it was sunk by torpedo off Cape Vado. More than 400 lives lost. 83 buried at Savona, the Savona Memorial commemorates 275 more with no known grave 04 May 1917, Italy

Bruorton, Frank   (b. 1881)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Sheffield on 01 Jun 1901
Disembodied on 23 Sep 1902. Record shows: 15.11.02 to Royal Regiment of Artillery, but no further info

Buckby, George   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 20 May 1908
Discharged on 31 Mar 1912.

Burditt, [William] Haydon   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 21 Sep 1915
Killed in action 24 Mar 1918, France

Burditt, John Sharman   (b. 1844)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted on 11 Oct 1860
Discharged on 17 Mar 1868. Considered unfit for further service because of chronic bronchitis

Burton, William Thomas   (b. 1891)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Bulwell, Nottingham during WWI
Died of wounds 18 Jun 1917, Belgium

Buttling, William James   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Portland on 02 Nov 1900

Chapman, Cecil   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 09 Sep 1913
Killed in action 09 May 1915, France

Clarke, Charles Arthur   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Market Harborough on 23 Apr 1915
Discharged on 05 Aug 1915. Discharged having made a misstatement as to age on enlistment

Clarke, John   (b. 1877)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Leicester, Leicestershire on 24 Oct 1894
Demobbed on 21 Sep 1908. On 22nd Aug 1905 records show that he was permitted to continue in the Service beyond 21 years until 21st Sep 1908

Clements, Alfred   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 25 Sep 1915, Loos, France

Coe, Alfred Robert   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 08 Sep 1914
Discharged on 06 Sep 1917. No longer physically fit for war service. Shrapnell wound right buttock and weakness right knee. Character very good

Coe, Alfred Ward   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 17 Aug 1917, France

Coe, Archie Frederick   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 25 Aug 1916
Demobbed on 28 Mar 1920.

Coe, Arthur   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 21 Jan 1916
Demobbed on 17 Mar 1919.

Coe, Arthur   (b. 1895)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 26 Nov 1912

Coe, Benjamin Robert   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 21 Jan 1916
Demobbed on 15 Oct 1919.

Coe, Charles   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 28 Apr 1917, France

Coe, Clifford   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 10 Aug 1915
Discharged on 28 Oct 1915. Discharged in consequence of having made a mis-statement as to age on Enlistment

Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Died 28 Mar 1918

Coe, Frederick   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 03 Nov 1916, Somme, France

Coe, Frederick William   (b. 1871)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 01 Sep 1914

Coe, George   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 14 Mar 1918
Demobbed on 31 Mar 1920.

Coe, Harold   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 26 Jun 1916
Demobbed on 14 Feb 1919.

Coe, Harry   (b. 1893)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 11 Dec 1915
Demobbed on 28 Nov 1919.

Coe, Horace   (b. 1886)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 25 Aug 1914
Died of gunshot wounds 18 Dec 1915

Coe, Leonard   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 10 Dec 1915
Demobbed on 17 Mar 1920.

Coe, Leonard Walter   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 02 Jun 1916
Demobbed on 24 Oct 1919.

Coe, Nathaniel   (b. 1895)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Rothwell on 05 Feb 1916
Demobbed on 25 Sep 1919.

Coe, Oliver   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Attested at Norwich on 08 Sep 1914
Discharged on 17 Nov 1914. Reason: His not being likely to become an efficient soldier. The Application for Discharge shows that Oliver was subject to epileptic fits

Coe, Percy   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 06 Aug 1917
Demobbed on 28 Feb 1919.

Coe, Walter   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 24 Jan 1916

Cooper, Percy   (b. 1891)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Nottingham on 22 Apr 1913
Killed in action 09 Aug 1915, France

Crick, Arnold Cecil   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 04 Nov 1913
Discharged on 21 Sep 1916. No longer physically fit for War Service

Crick, Charles Oliver   (b. 1893)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 27 Jan 1916
Demobbed on 28 Mar 1920.

Crick, Fred   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 18 Nov 1916, France

Crick, Frederick Arthur   (b. 1887)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 11 Dec 1915
Discharged on 26 Oct 1918. being no longer physically fit for war service. Character Very Good

Crick, George William   (b. 1889)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 10 Dec 1915
Demobbed on 27 Mar 1919.

Crick, Harry   (b. 1885)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 01 Aug 1916
Demobbed on about Nov 1919.

Crick, Walter W   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 14 Jul 1916
Demobbed on 23 Mar 1920.

Curtis, Harold (Frank Harold)   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 12 Aug 1914
Demobbed on 27 May 1919.

Dawkins, Arthur Edward   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 13 Nov 1916, Somme, France

Dawkins, Walter J   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 11 Oct 1918, France

Deacon, Arthur   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Died 16 Aug 1918, France

Deacon, John   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Died 23 Aug 1917, Ypres Salient, Belgium

Dickerson, Frederick Charles   (b. 1884)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 01 Mar 1906

Enlisted at Desborough on 30 Jun 1908
Demobbed on 16 Feb 1919.

Feakin, Albert   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 12 Dec 1915
Discharged on 28 Mar 1919.

Feakin, Arthur   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 12 Dec 1915
Died of wounds 30 Apr 1917, France

Feakin, Charles   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 28 Oct 1915
Demobbed on 05 Apr 1919.

Feakin, Clifford C   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 09 Feb 1916
Demobbed on 10 Nov 1919.

Feakin, Fred   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 04 Nov 1917, France

Feakin, Harry Curtis   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 05 Feb 1916
Demobbed on 01 Feb 1919.

Feakin, Oram   (b. 1882)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 01 Jun 1918, France

Flude, George   (b. 1835)

Family / Army Career

Flude, Oscar J   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 26 Oct 1915
Demobbed on 28 Feb 1919.

Freer, Archer   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 21 Aug 1918
Died of Pneumonia 16 Nov 1918, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire

Freer, George Henry   (b. 1880)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 15 Sep 1903
Discharged on 24 Apr 1920. No longer physically fit for war service

Freer, John Smith   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Huddersfield, Yorkshire during WWI
Died 09 May 1916

Ginns, Ernest   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Rothwell during WWI
Killed in action 19 Apr 1917, Palestine

Ginns, George   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 03 Oct 1918, France

Ginns, George H   (b. 1880)

Family / Army Career

Ginns, Ronald   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at London on 14 Jul 1915
Resigned on 01 May 1922. (src: Gazette Issue 32748)

Glover, Frank (Francis John)   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 23 Jul 1917, France

Glover, George William   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 23 Feb 1915

Glover, Robert   (b. 1862)

Family / Army Career
Died 25 Sep 1900, Johannesburg, South Africa

Hawes, Alexander Stewart   (b. 1893)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 10 Nov 1916
Demobbed on 16 Oct 1919.

Hawes, Uriah   (b. 1888)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 26 Oct 1915
Died 15 Jul 1917, France

Holmes, William George   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 16 Aug 1916, France

Horsley, Arthur   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Died 24 Oct 1918, France

Horsley, Bernard   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 01 Nov 1915
Discharged. Medically Unfit on 07 Jan 1916. Valvular disease of the heart (VDH). Strood, Kent

Horsley, Frederick Oscar   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 10 Dec 1915
Discharged, surplus to Military requirements on 10 Apr 1919. (having suffered impairment since entry into the Service). Suffers from severe pain in right foot, great toe abducted

Horsley, Reuben   (b. 1884)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 10 Aug 1914
Died of Bomb Wounds, accidental 03 Oct 1918, France

Hulbert, John Henry   (b. 1886)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Middlesborough on 04 Sep 1914
Discharged on 19 Oct 1914. Discharged being "unlikely to become an efficient soldier".

Jobson, Alfred Thomas   (b. 1885)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 23 Apr 1917, France

Jobson, Arthur   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Killed in action 20 Apr 1918, France

Johnson, Arthur   (b. 1881)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Peterborough during WWI
Killed in action 25 Mar 1918, France

Johnson, Harry   (b. 1891)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 21 Jan 1916
Demobbed on 12 Dec 1919.

Johnson, Nathaniel   (b. 1878)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Died of wounds 19 Apr 1918

Johnston, Bert Edwin   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Leeds during WWI
Died 01 Aug 1918, France

Jones, Isaac   (b. 1895)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Died 22 Apr 1916, France

Jones, Thomas Herbert   (b. 1889)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 18 Jan 1916
Demobbed on 22 Feb 1919.

Kilborn, Robert   (b. 1884)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 27 Aug 1918, Flanders

King, Edwin   (b. 1870)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 19 Feb 1886

Enlisted at Dorchester, Dorset on 13 May 1901

Enlisted at Belfast, Ireland on 12 Sep 1914

King, William Edward   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 29 Sep 1918, France

King, William Henry   (b. 1868)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Leicester, Leicestershire on 22 Sep 1884
Demobbed on 21 Sep 1908. On 22nd Aug 1905 records show that he was permitted to continue in the Service beyond 21 years until 21st Sep 1908

Linnett, John William   (b. 1885)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 28 Mar 1918, France

Loke, Thomas Alfred   (b. 1882)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering on 04 Sep 1917
Killed in action 10 Apr 1918, France

Manton, Arthur   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 04 Jul 1918
Demobbed on 06 Dec 1919.

Manton, Charles Haydon   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering on 28 Oct 1915
Demobbed on 24 May 1919.

Manton, Harry   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Died of wounds (gas) 27 Sep 1918, France

Marlow, Arthur   (b. 1884)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 12 Dec 1915
Demobbed on 01 Feb 1919 (est.).

Marlow, Charles William   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 17 Feb 1917, France

Marlow, Ernest   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Died of wounds 17 Feb 1919

Marlow, Ezra   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 26 Oct 1915
Demobbed on 06 Mar 1919.

Marlow, Frank   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 20 Jan 1913
Discharge on 07 Jun 1919.

Marlow, Frank Joseph   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering on 12 May 1915
Disembodied on 22 Mar 1919.
Disembodied Service. 23 Mar 1919
End of Disembodied Service. 31 Mar 1920

Marlow, Harry   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died of wounds 02 Apr 1918, France

Marlow, Hayden   (b. 1896)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 26 Oct 1915
Discharged on 13 Apr 1916. Not being likely to become an efficient soldier (Med. Gds.) Incapacitated from duty on account of periostitis of the right tibia, causing swelling of this bone which is chronic and painful. Duration 9 wks. The man is suffering from marked anaemia. He has much pain on standing. There is extreme wasting of all muscles. The disease is probably tuberculosis.

Marlow, James   (b. 1826)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted on 28 May 1847
Discharged on 13 Jul 1869. Completed his service

Marlow, John   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Market Harborough, Leicestershire during WWI
Killed in action 27 Sep 1915, France

Marlow, Rufus Arnold   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Market Harborough on 10 Nov 1915
Discharged on 08 Mar 1919. Age on discharge 22

Marlow, William   (b. 1887)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering on 21 Oct 1915
Discharged on 05 Jan 1917. Being no longer physically fit for War Service

Marlow, William Ernest   (b. 1872)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted on 01 Dec 1893
Discharged on 05 Jul 1899. Discharged on payment of £18

Merrill, Arthur William   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Died of wounds 18 Oct 1916, France

Morris, Arnold   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 19 Sep 1918, France

Morris, Cecil Herbert   (b. 1885)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 19 Nov 1916, Somme, France

Morris, Edwin Vine   (b. 1876)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Leicester on 17 Dec 1891

Morris, Thomas William   (b. 1893)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Killed in action 02 Nov 1917, Palestine

Mumford, Thomas Henry   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Killed in action 17 Aug 1916

Murkett, Frederick William   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 27 Sep 1918, France

Murkitt, Harry   (b. 1879)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton on 09 Sep 1914
Discharged on 11 Dec 1914. Discharged in consequence of being medically unfit for further service (reason not shown in available records)

Page, Arnold   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 08 Jun 1917, France

Page, Charles E   (b. 1897)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Died of wounds 11 Dec 1916, France

Paine, Oliver James   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 31 May 1918, France

Panter, Alfred   (b. 1875)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 20 Jan 1902
Discharged on 14 Apr 1916. Termination of Engagement

Panter, Alfred Watts   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Discharged on 29 Jul 1918. No longer physically fit for War Service

Panter, Clifford   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough on 11 Aug 1915
Discharged on 30 Sep 1915. In consequence of having made a misstatement as to age on enlistment

Panter, Henry Aprice   (b. 1843)

Family / Army Career

Panter, Herbert   (b. 1887)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 09 Apr 1918, France

Panter, Thomas Henry   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Died of wounds 20 Oct 1916, France

Panter, Thomas Henry Clifford   (b. 1899)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Died 01 May 1918, France

Panter, Walter Robert   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Swansea on 03 Sep 1914
Died 15 May 1916

Panter, Walter William   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Died 26 May 1918, France

Panther, Walter   (b. 1876)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Northampton on 13 Aug 1914
Demobbed on 12 Mar 1919.

Payne, Walter John   (b. 1878)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Killed in action 22 Mar 1918

Pridmore, Henry Alfred   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Coventry, Warwickshire during WWI
Killed in action 27 Sep 1918, France

Robinson, William   (b. 1891)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died of wounds 28 Sep 1916, France

Slow, John   (b. 1828)

Family / Army Career

Smith, Harold George   (b. 1892)

Family / Army Career
Died 21 Aug 1915, Gallipoli

Smith, Harry   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Died 19 Apr 1917, Gaza

Stratford, George   (b. 1885)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 03 Jun 1917, France

Stratford, Harry   (b. 1883)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Desborough on 09 Jan 1901

Enlisted at Northampton on 06 May 1908

Discharged on 02 May 1917. Discharged in consequence of termination of engagement

Summerly, Caleb Charles   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton on 26 Aug 1914
Discharged on 25 Sep 1914. Not being likely to become an efficient soldier (for medical reasons). Hallux valgus and hammer toe. Operation refused

Summerly, Oliver A   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton on 06 Aug 1915
Discharged on 10 Dec 1915. Discharged in consequence of having made a misstatement as to Age on Enlistment

Enlisted during WWI
Died 01 Sep 1918, France

Summerly, William   (b. 1900)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton on 02 Mar 1917
Discharged on 07 Nov 1919.

Sumner, Frederick A   (b. 1890)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Killed in action 03 Jan 1915, France

Tirrell, Charles Edward   (b. 1886)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Rothwell during WWI
Killed in action 10 Jul 1917, France

Ward, Fred   (b. 1901)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 28 Feb 1917, France

Ward, Frederick   (b. 1901)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Died 31 Dec 1917, France

Ward, William   (b. 1886)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton during WWI
Died of wounds 08 Dec 1917

Wells, Arthur   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Killed in action 03 May 1917, France

Willis, John Alfred   (b. 1898)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted during WWI
Died 31 Dec 1917, France

Yeomans, George   (b. 1894)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Kettering during WWI
Died of wounds 01 Aug 1917

Yeomans, James Thomas   (b. 1873)

Family / Army Career
Enlisted at Northampton on 19 Apr 1915
Demobilization on date illegible.

Yeomans, Richard   (b. 1875)

Family / Army Career+
Enlisted at Kettering on 15 Nov 1892
Discharged to pension at termination of period of engagement on 14 Nov 1913.

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