Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Kettering on 02 Jun 1916. Aged 18y 8m

• Description:
• height 5ft 7¼in; weight 146lbs; chest 37in; vision 6/6 6/6; physical development Fair; defect Complains of his right knee which creaks; religion Church of England.
  

• Occupation:
• Shoe Trade

• Address:
• 69 Queen St, Desborough

• Next of kin:
• (Father) Robert Coe, 69 Queen St, Desborough

Service history

18 Jan 1917

Appointed to 4th Reserve Battn The Essex Regiment (5388)

06 May 1917

Punished: Overstaying pass from 10:30pm till 1:15pm 07-5-17, awarded 3 days Confined to Barracks

12 Oct 1917

Transferred to 9th Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (48710)

20 Nov 1917

Illness: Field ambulance Sheringham. Abscess Heel

21 Nov 1917

Illness: Admitted Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. Abscess Heel. 29 days

10 Apr 1918

Embarked Dover for Calais

10 Apr 1918

Joined Northamptonshire Regiment. Field

27 May 1918

Captured at Aisne. Interned Langensalza

25 Jun 1918

Missing. Next of Kin (Father) notified

17 Jul 1918

POW. Next of Kin (Father) notified

13 Jan 1919

Returned to England

16 Mar 1919

Punished: Absent off P/W Field, Northampton, from 22:00 to 11:40 17-3-19, awarded 3 days Confined to Barracks

08 Apr 1919

Posted to 3 Bns Rugely

20 Jun 1919

Punished: (1) Slovenly Conduct in St Matthews St Ipswich about 21:40 (2) Using improper language to the Military Police, awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks

24 Oct 1919

Demobbed.

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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