Desborough Soldiers
Enlistment
- Enlisted:
- at Rothwell on 05 Feb 1916. Aged
21yr 7m
- Description:
- height 5ft 6in; chest 33in.
- Address:
- 51 Victoria St, Desborough
- Next of kin:
- (Father) John Harry Coe, 51 Victoria St, Desborough; later, (Wife) Blanche Emma Coe, Braybrooke Rd, Desborough
Service history
| 08 Feb 1916 | Appointed to Northamptonshire Regiment (22960) |
| 09 Feb 1916 | Posted to 3rd Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (22960) |
| 31 May 1916 | France 2nd Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (22960) |
| 05 Feb 1917 | England Depot Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 05 May 1917 | Furlough granted from this date to 14/05/17. Address while on leave: Gas Works, Desborough |
| 14 May 1916 | Posted to 3rd Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (22960) |
| 14 Jun 1917 | France Depot Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 14 Jun 1917 | France Depot Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 16 Jun 1917 | Posted to 1st Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 22 Jul 1918 | Punished: Conduct to Prejudice of Good Order and Military Discipline in Being in a shop which has been placed out of Bounds, awarded 5 days Field Punishment no 2 |
| 24 Nov 1918 | Punished: Not complying with Battalion Orders ie Rolling kit in with Blankets, awarded 2 days Field Punishment no 2 |
| 12 Mar 1919 | England Depot Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 01 Apr 1919 | Illness: In 17 Room, 14 Ward, Military Hospital, Woking on this date (letter written from there in military records) |
| 10 Apr 1919 | Furlough granted from this date to 21/04/19. Address while on leave: 56 Station Rd, Desborough |
| 24 Apr 1919 | Posted to 3rd Battn Northamptonshire Regiment |
| 8 Jul 1919 | Promoted A. L/Cpl |
| 26 Sep 1919 | 30% disablement (because of pleuresy), awarded weekly pension of 12/-, to be reviewed in 26 wks. Allowances for wife 3/- |
British War Medal
Victory Medal