Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Leicester, Leicestershire on 22 Sep 1884. Aged 18y 1m

• Description:
• height 5ft 10¼in; chest 33½in; weight 121 lbs; complexion Sallow; eyes Grey; hair Dark Brown; physical development Fair; religion Wesleyan.
  

• Occupation:
• Shoe Trade at Desborough

• Address:
• East Lodge, Desborough

• Previously served in:
• 1st Volunteer Battalion Leicestershire Reserves

• Next of kin:
• (Father) James King, 8 Old Mill Road, Bicester. Wife with battalion

Service history

24 Sep 1884

Appointed to Depot Dorset Regiment (1210)

29 Sep 1884

Illness: Endocarditis. 76 days in hospital. Evidently Rheumatic & accompanied with some Pericarditis ... sent on sick furlough for 3m

10 Jun 1885

Posted to the Mediterranean

18 Dec 1885

Posted to Egypt

02 Mar 1886

Illness: Sore throat. 24 days in hospital

15 Jun 1886

Posted to Cyprus

10 Aug 1886

Posted Home

09 Jun 1887

Appointed to 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

09 Jun 1887

Promoted Lance Corporal Depot Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

02 Jul 1888

Illness: Rheumatism. 8 days in hospital

15 Apr 1889

Promoted Corporal Depot Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

11 Jun 1891

Extended service to 12 yrs with Colours

17 Aug 1891

Illness: Itch. 27 days in hospital

01 Mar 1892

Promoted Sergeant 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

06 Nov 1892

Illness: Contusion. 22 days in hospital. Accident. Severe

11 Oct 1895

Posted to British Honduras

12 Oct 1895

Reingaged in Dorset Regiment

17 Oct 1895

Transferred to British Honduras Constabulary (1210)

11 May 1897

Posted Home

11 May 1897

Posted to Depot Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

10 Sep 1897

Illness: Ague. 8 days in hospital. Every 2nd day: malaria

03 Oct 1897

Illness: Ague. 6 days in hospital. Quotidian. Foreign Service [illegible]. Severe

21 Apr 1898

Promoted Colour Sergeant Depot Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

01 May 1898

Datta Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

17 Jan 1899

2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

18 Jan 1899

Depot Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

15 Mar 1899

1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment (1210)

08 Aug 1899

Illness: Remitted[?] Fever. 40 days in hospital. Climatic Severe, with some [???] pains in left aural nerve ... Transferred to Chivet[?]. Convalescent on arrival

25 Nov 1901

Transferred to Supernumary List. Umballa Mounted Infantry (1210). Umballa

21 Sep 1908

Demobbed. On 22nd Aug 1905 records show that he was permitted to continue in the Service beyond 21 years until 21st Sep 1908

Good Conduct Medal
Delhi Durba Medal

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