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Desborough Soldiers

Coe, Harry
1893 -

Enlistment

  • Enlisted:
  • at Desborough on 11 Dec 1915. Aged 22yr 9m
  • Description:
  • height 5ft 7¾in; chest 33in.
  • Occupation:
  • Boot Operative
  • Address:
  • 70 High St, Desborough
  • Next of kin:
  • (Wife) Matilda Coe, 70 High St, Desborough

Service history

11 Dec 1915Appointed to 4th Battn The Essex Regiment (5387)
14 Apr 1917Transferred to Machine Gun Corps Royal Field Artillery (94367)
20 May 1917B.E.F. France
10 Jun 1917Transferred to 197 Company M.C.G. Royal Field Artillery (94367)
09 Nov 1917Wounded both knees
17 Nov 1917Posted Home. RD Company
22 Feb 1918Posted (Hospital Furlough). RD Company
27 Feb 1918Posted M.G.C. CD
04 May 1918Punished: Improper Conduct on Parade, ie Laughing & Talking when standing to attention, awarded 7 days Confined to Barracks
18 Jul 1918Posted BD
31 Jul 1918Punished: Overstaying his pass from the night until 7 pm in 3 Aug 1918 (2 days 19 hours), awarded 12 days Deprived pay
08 Aug 1918Posted 200 Bn
18 Sep 1918Embarked Leith. Arrived Murmansk 28 Sep 1918
05 Feb 1919Embarked Murmansk to join Elope Force. Disembarked 12 Feb 1919. 280 Company
20 Sep 1919Evacuated to UK. 280 Company
28 Nov 1919Demobbed.



 

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