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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
171 soldiers identified to date.
Allen, Frederick (b. 1882)
Enlisted at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 03 Jul 1918
Demobbed on 26 Apr 1919.
Allen, Thomas (b. 1897)
Allen, William (b. 1893)
Andrews, Arthur (b. 1894)
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)
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)
Bamford, Edward (b. 1872)
Barnes, George (b. 1897)
Bindley, Frank (b. 1892)
Enlisted at Derby, Derbyshire on 26 Oct 1916
Demobbed on 15 Feb 1919. Military character: Very Good
Bindley, Frank (b. 1897)
Bindley, Gordon Alfred (b. 1895)
Bindley, John William (b. 1888)
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)
Blunsom, Charles (b. 1820)
Bosworth, Archie Gladstone (b. 1889)
Bosworth, Charles (b. 1890)
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)
Bosworth, Frank Cyril (b. 1896)
Bosworth, Harold Arthur (b. 1897)
Attested at Northampton on 27 Jan 1916
Enlisted at Northampton on 01 Feb 1917
Demobbed on 03 Feb 1919.
Bosworth, John (b. 1783)
Bosworth, Percy (b. 1892)
Bruorton, Frank (b. 1881)
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)
Burditt, John Sharman (b. 1844)
Enlisted on 11 Oct 1860
Discharged on 17 Mar 1868. Considered unfit for further service because of chronic bronchitis
Burton, William Thomas (b. 1891)
Butlin, William James (b. 1883)
Chapman, Cecil (b. 1897)
Clarke, Charles Arthur (b. 1899)
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)
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)
Coe, Alfred Robert (b. 1883)
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)
Coe, Archie Frederick (b. 1896)
Coe, Arthur (b. 1890)
Coe, Arthur (b. 1895)
Coe, Benjamin Robert (b. 1892)
Coe, Charles (b. 1900)
Coe, Clifford (b. 1899)
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)
Coe, Frederick William (b. 1871)
Coe, George (b. 1883)
Coe, Harold (b. 1894)
Coe, Harry (b. 1893)
Coe, Horace (b. 1886)
Coe, Leonard (b. 1898)
Coe, Leonard Walter (b. 1898)
Coe, Nathaniel (b. 1895)
Coe, Oliver (b. 1892)
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)
Crick, Arnold Cecil (b. 1896)
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)
Crick, Frederick Arthur (b. 1887)
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)
Crick, Walter W (b. 1892)
Curtis, Harold (Frank Harold) (b. 1896)
Dawkins, Arthur Edward (b. 1897)
Dawkins, Walter J (b. 1900)
Deacon, Arthur (b. 1892)
Deacon, John (b. 1894)
Dickerson, Frederick Charles (b. 1884)
Enlisted at Desborough on 01 Mar 1906
Enlisted at Desborough on 30 Jun 1908
Demobbed on 16 Feb 1919.
Feakin, Albert (b. 1894)
Feakin, Arthur (b. 1899)
Feakin, Charles (b. 1896)
Feakin, Clifford C (b. 1896)
Feakin, Fred (b. 1890)
Feakin, Harry Curtis (b. 1890)
Feakin, Oram (b. 1882)
Flude, George (b. 1835)
Flude, Oscar J (b. 1897)
Freer, Archer (b. 1900)
Freer, George Henry (b. 1880)
Enlisted at Desborough on 15 Sep 1903
Discharged on 24 Apr 1920. No longer physically fit for war service
Freer, Horace (b. 1883)
Freer, John Smith (b. 1890)
Ginns, Ernest (b. 1894)
Ginns, George (b. 1899)
Ginns, George H (b. 1880)
Ginns, Ronald (b. 1896)
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)
Glover, Robert (b. 1862)
Hawes, Alexander Stewart (b. 1893)
Hawes, Uriah (b. 1888)
Holmes, William George (b. 1890)
Horsley, Arthur (b. 1897)
Horsley, Bernard (b. 1890)
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)
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)
Hulbert, John Henry (b. 1886)
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)
Jobson, Arthur (b. 1883)
Johnson, Arthur (b. 1881)
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)
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)
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)
Manton, Arthur (b. 1900)
Manton, Charles Haydon (b. 1897)
Manton, Harry (b. 1896)
Marlow, Albert (b. 1880)
Marlow, Arthur (b. 1884)
Marlow, Charles William (b. 1892)
Marlow, Ernest (b. 1892)
Marlow, Ezra (b. 1894)
Marlow, Frank (b. 1897)
Marlow, Frank Joseph (b. 1883)
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)
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)
Marlow, John (b. 1899)
Marlow, Lawrence (b. 1884)
Marlow, Rufus Arnold (b. 1897)
Enlisted at Market Harborough on 10 Nov 1915
Discharged on 08 Mar 1919. Age on discharge 22
Marlow, William (b. 1887)
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)
Merrill, Arthur William (b. 1892)
Morris, Arnold (b. 1898)
Morris, Cecil Herbert (b. 1885)
Morris, Edwin Vine (b. 1876)
Morris, Thomas William (b. 1893)
Mumford, Thomas Henry (b. 1890)
Murkett, Frederick William (b. 1899)
Murkitt, Harry (b. 1879)
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)
Page, Charles E (b. 1897)
Paine, Oliver James (b. 1899)
Panter, Alfred (b. 1875)
Enlisted at Desborough on 20 Jan 1902
Discharged on 14 Apr 1916. Termination of Engagement
Panter, Alfred Watts (b. 1894)
Enlisted at Desborough during WWI
Discharged on 29 Jul 1918. No longer physically fit for War Service
Panter, Clifford (b. 1900)
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)
Panter, Thomas Henry (b. 1898)
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)
Robinson, William (b. 1891)
Rowthorn, William (b. 1794)
Slow, John (b. 1828)
Slow, Joseph (b. 1866)
Smith, Harold George (b. 1892)
Smith, Harry (b. 1894)
Stratford, George (b. 1885)
Stratford, Harry (b. 1883)
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
Sturgess, Arthur (b. 1880)
Summerly, Caleb Charles (b. 1894)
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)
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
Summerly, William (b. 1900)
Sumner, Frederick A (b. 1890)
Tirrell, Charles Edward (b. 1886)
Tyrrell, Rufus (b. 1868)
Ward, Fred (b. 1901)
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)
Yeomans, Richard (b. 1875)
Enlisted at Kettering on 15 Nov 1892
Discharged to pension at termination of period of engagement on 14 Nov 1913.
Yeomans, William Henry (b. 1882)