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MOTTRAM Henry Charles Private 35896

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/72487

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SKR/DAT/IP/72487
Title
MOTTRAM Henry Charles Private 35896
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: MOTTRAM;

Forename(s): Henry Charles;

Initials: HC;

Number: 35896;

Rank: Private;

Enlisted in: Hitchin;

Enlistment Date: 11-Dec-1915;

Resided in: Royston;

Previous Number: 25608;

Previous Regiment: Bedf Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 12-May-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 92 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 62 Coy;

Date abroad: 20-Jul-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

Discharge Date: 29-Mar-1919;

Other Data: b 1894
WO363(FMP)(Ancestry)
Wd. Gsw left leg 27/5/1918
War Office Casualty List 9/7/1918 (wounded)
Letter in "Boy David" (Jan 1974) - wounded by shrapnel both legs (early 1918) - carried to safety by others of his team (Shenton, Potts)
Kneeswortrh St, Royston
Address (1973): Bradley's Corner, Walworth, Hitchen.
Boy David No 53, Feb 1968, & 57, July 1969 & No 72, Mar 1973, No 76, Jan 1974
OCA Member: 28 Kershaws Hill, Hitchin - Died Jan 1978;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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MOTTRAM Henry Charles Private 35896