1st Battalion  16/10/77

HER MAJESTY'S  Coldstream  Reg of Guards
Whereof General Sir W I Codrington G.C.B  is Colonel

53757  [Place and Date]  London  28  Sept 1877

PROCEEDINGS OF A REGIMENTAL BOARD, held this day, in conformity to the Articles of War, for the purpose of verifying and recording the Services, Conduct, Character, and cause of Discharge of No. 3089.   Private Fred Coe  of the Regiment above-mentioned.

President Lt Col  H Bentinck,  Members Captain C Fortescue,  Lt Hon G Gore

THE BOARD having examined and compared the Regimental Records, the Soldier's Book, and such other Documents as appeared to them to be necessary, report that after making every deduction required by Her Majesty's Regulations, the Service up to this day, which he is entitled to reckon, amounts to 4 years, 178  days, as shown by the detailed Statement on the 2nd page; during which period he served abroad  -- years, viz:

[no entry made]

and further, that his DISCHARGE is proposed in consequence of his having been found unfit for further Service

With regard to the CHARACTER and CONDUCT of No 3089 Private Fred Coe  the Board have to report that upon reference to the Defaulter's Book, and by the Parole testimony that has been given, it appears that his character is indifferent in consequence of continual absence.  He is not in possession of  a Good Conduct Badge.

Five times entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book

Never tried by Court Martial