Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Blackburn on 08 Aug 1914. Aged 38y 30d

• Description:
• height 5ft 8in; weight 119lbs; chest 34½in; eyes Grey; hair Brown; religion Church of England.
  

• Occupation:
• Labourer

• Previously served in:
• Northamptons. Completed Service

• Next of kin:
• (Unmarried wife) Mrs S Western, 31 Greaves St, Blackburn; (Brother) Robert Bamford, 10 Station Rd, Desborough

Service history

13 Aug 1914

Appointed to 3rd East Lancs Regiment (5845)

12 Dec 1914

Posted to 1st East Lancs Regiment (5845)

12 Dec 1914

Service: France, to 4.1.19

05 Jan 1919

Service: Home, to 5.2.19

05 Feb 1919

Demobbed.

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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