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Bindley, Mervyn
1892 - 1922

Attested

  • Attested:
  • Norwich on 11 Dec 1915. Aged 23y 10m. Married
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 7in; chest 33½in.
  • Occupation:
  • Boot and Shoe Operative
  • Address:
  • 3 Buckwell St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Wife) Mabel Bindley, 3 Buckwell St, Desborough

Service history

11 Dec 1915Appointed to General Service Army Reserve ()
18 Jan 1917 Northamptonshire Regiment (97426)
18 Jan 1917Posted to 4th Battalion Essex Regiment (97426)
03 Apr 1917Posted to 55 Bu Machine Gun Corps (97426)
19 Jun 1917Embarked Folkstone, disembarked Boulogne
20 Jun 1917Joined Machine Gun Corps Base Depot at Camiers
28 Jul 1917Joined Company in the field
05 Oct 1917Wounded at Etaples, later admitted 26 Gen Hosp
22 Dec 1917Joined Base Depot at Camiers
12 Jan 1918Joined unit in the field
10 Mar 1918Gun shot wound, right foot. Appears to have been missing until 12th Mar
29 Jun 1918Joined Base Depot at Camiers
01 Sep 1918Joined Battalion
03 Jan 1919Performed duties of a shoemaker
13 Mar 1919Transferred to the Reserve
30 Oct 1919Demob.




 

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