Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Desborough on 31 Jan 1916. Aged 21y 7m

• Description:
• height 5ft 8in; chest 35in; sight 6/6 6/6; physical development Good.
  

• Next of kin:
• (Father) Thomas Bindley, 18 Havelock Street, Desborough

Service history

31 Jan 1916

Appointed to 4th Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (5280)

06 Jul 1916

Appointed to Lance Corporal (unpaid)

22 Apr 1917

Reverted to Private on embarkation

25 Apr 1917

Base Company, B.E.F. France

26 Apr 1917

Posted to 5th Northamptonshire Regiment

30 Aug 1917

Appointed to Lance Corporal (unpaid)

Apr 1918

Shell Gas Wound

22 Sep 1918

Gun Shot Wound chest and right ankle. Compound fracture of tibia

29 Sep 1918

Reverted to Private on proceeding to England

18 Feb 1919

Discharged 5th Northamptonshire Regiment (201427)

Awarded Silver War Badge, being disabled

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