Desborough Soldiers
Enlistment
- Enlisted:
- at Swansea on 03 Sep 1914. Aged
23y 210d
- Description:
- height 5ft 11in; weight 140 lbs; chest 38in; complexion Fresh; eyes Grey; hair Brown; religion Baptist; marks Operation scar below R shoulder blade; defects Teeth Bad.
- Next of kin:
- (Father) Robert Panter, 30 Rushton Rd, Desborough
Service history
| 06 Sep 1914 | Reserve Cavalry Regiment (26202) |
| 07 Feb 1915 | Punished: Drunk in High St, Hythe about 8:30, awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks |
| 02 Jun 1915 | Transferred to 3rd Battalion East Surrey Regiment (10163) |
| 20 Jul 1915 | Transferred to 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment (10163) |
| 20 Jul 1915 | Served with the B.E.F. 20 Jul 1915 - 23 Oct 1915 |
| 24 Oct 1915 | Served with the Med Expeditionary Force from 24 Oct 1915 |
| 16 Jan 1916 | Illness: Nasal Polypus. At Salomea |
| 15 May 1916 | Illness: Reported dangerously ill. Malta |
| 15 May 1916 | Died Brain Abscess Secondary to Empyema of frontal sinus |
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
List of personal effectsTelegram reporting dangerous illness