Desborough Soldiers
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.
159 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)
Bamford, Arthur (b. 1875)
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)
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)
Bindley, Reginald Clifford (b. 1898)
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)
Burditt, [William] Haydon (b. 1892)
Family /
Army Career+
Enlisted
at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 21 Sep 1915
Killed in action 24 Mar 1918, France
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)
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
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)
Coe, Arthur (b. 1890)
Coe, Arthur (b. 1895)
Coe, Benjamin Robert (b. 1892)
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)
Coe, George (b. 1883)
Coe, Harold (b. 1894)
Coe, Harry (b. 1893)
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)
Coe, Leonard Walter (b. 1898)
Coe, Nathaniel (b. 1895)
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)
Coe, Walter (b. 1890)
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)
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)
Crick, Harry (b. 1885)
Family /
Army Career+
Enlisted
at Northampton on 01 Aug 1916
Demobbed on about Nov 1919.
Crick, Walter W (b. 1892)
Curtis, Harold (Frank Harold) (b. 1896)
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)
Deacon, Arthur (b. 1892)
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)
Feakin, Clifford C (b. 1896)
Feakin, Fred (b. 1890)
Family /
Army Career
Enlisted
at Desborough during WWI
Killed in action 04 Nov 1917, France
Feakin, Harry Curtis (b. 1890)
Feakin, Oram (b. 1882)
Flude, George (b. 1835)
Flude, Oscar J (b. 1897)
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)
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)
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)
Glover, George William (b. 1892)
Hawes, Alexander Stewart (b. 1893)
Hawes, Uriah (b. 1888)
Holmes, William George (b. 1890)
Horsley, Arthur (b. 1897)
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)
Johnson, Nathaniel (b. 1878)
Johnston, Bert Edwin (b. 1900)
Jones, Isaac (b. 1895)
Jones, Thomas Herbert (b. 1889)
Kilborn, Robert (b. 1884)
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)
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)
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)
Manton, Charles Haydon (b. 1897)
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. 1890)
Family /
Army Career
Enlisted
at Kettering during WWI
Died of wounds 17 Feb 1919, France
Marlow, Ernest (b. 1892)
Marlow, Ezra (b. 1894)
Marlow, Frank (b. 1897)
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)
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, 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
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)
Morris, Edwin Vine (b. 1876)
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)
Murkett, Frederick William (b. 1899)
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)
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)
Panter, Walter Robert (b. 1890)
Panter, Walter William (b. 1900)
Panther, Walter (b. 1876)
Payne, Walter John (b. 1878)
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)
Slow, John (b. 1828)
Smith, Harold George (b. 1892)
Smith, Harry (b. 1894)
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)
Ward, William (b. 1886)
Wells, Arthur (b. 1898)
Willis, John Alfred (b. 1898)
Yeomans, George (b. 1894)
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.