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Frederick Coe
Military Records

Description of Fred Coe

Age, apparentlyNineteen
Height 5   feet   10 ½  inches
Complexion Fair
Eyes   Grey
Hair   Light Brown
Any distinctive Mark--

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE - ON ENLISTMENT

I have examined the above-named Recruit and find that he does not present any of the following conditions, viz.:-
Scrofula; phthisis; syphilis; impaired constitution; defective intelligence; defects of vision, voice, or hearing; hernia; haemorrhoids; varicose veins beyond a limited extent; inveterate cutaneous disease; chronic ulcers; traces of corporal punishment, or evidence of having been marked with the letters D., or B.C.; contracted or deformed chest; abnormal curvature of spine; or any other disease or physical defect calculated to unfit him for the duties of a soldier.

He can see at the required distance with either eye, and he declares that he is not subject to fits of any description. I consider him fit for Her Majesty's Service.

Dated at  Leicester      

this 3rd  April  1873 

MEDICAL EXAMINATION - ON APPROVAL.

Re-examined by me at  Regt HQ  London  on the  8th  day of   April  1873, and finally approved as fit for Service.

[illegible]  Surgeon, Recruiting District or   Regiment

 
Certificate of Commanding Officer.

Fred Coe  having been passed into the service, and inspected by me this day, and his Name, Age, Date of Attestation, and every prescribed particular, having been recorded in the Regimental Register, with the No. 3089 affixed to his name; I certify that I am satisfied with the correctness of this Attestation, and that the forms required by the Mutiny Act appear to have been complied with.

Date  8 April 1873  

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