Date of Birth - 5th March 1914
Before Enlistment in Army - member of the Royal Air Force Reserve - 501 Bomber Squadron, Filton, Bristol
1st May 1939 - Enlisted in Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Army - 145 Field Ambulance for 4 years
1st May 1939 - Trade on Enlistment - Glazier
August 1938 - Attended 15 Day Annual TA Training
1st September 1939 - Embodied - Called-Up to serve full time for duration of the war
1st September 1939 - 16th January 1940 - Home
21st October 1939 - Married Margaret Elaine Barton at Dudley
September 1939 - October 1939 - Newbury Training
1st November 1939 - Qualified as a Nursing Orderly - Group "C" Class III (Newbury)
1st January 1940 - Parade for King George VI on Newbury Racecourse
2nd January 1940 - (145 FA) Train to Southampton, then Isle of White Ferry. Embarked for Le Havre, France
17th January 1940 - 31st May 1941 - War Record shows British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France
18th January 1940 - Service Record shows Disembarked (at Le Havre)
January/February 1940 - (145 FA) Montigny en Gohelle, France near Metz - Training.
March 1940 - (145 FA) By Cattle Truck to Barracks of Fort Vikring, Maginot Line
10th May 1940 - (145 FA) Via Waterloo to La Panne (Belgium Coast near French Border)
27th May 1940 - Belgium Surrenders!
1st June 1940 - 23rd October 1942 - Home
28th January 1940 - Attached to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station for Accommodation and Rations
5th February 1940 - Rejoined 145 Field Ambulance at Hereford
8th April 1940 - 11th April 1940 - Admitted to 145 Field Hospital
12th April 1940 - 15th April 1940 - Admitted to 145 Field Hospital
29th October 1940 - Attached to HQ 48 Division at Stenigot, Lincolnshire"
18th September1941 - 15th October 1941 - Attended Junior NCO Course at Stenigot, Lincolnshire - Passed in Anti-gas and TE
15th August 1942 - Reverted to Private - Whilst on Active Service (did not post Sentry properly)
22nd August 1941 - Qualified as a Nursing Orderly - Group "C" Class II
22nd February 1942 - Attached to HQ 145 Infantry Brigade, Stenigot, Lincolnshire
15th June 1942 - Promoted to Lance Corporal Unpaid
6th July 1942 - Promoted to Lance Corporal Paid
14th August 1942 - Reduced to rank of Private (Offence W.A.O.S. (Whilst on Active Service) failed to post Sentry correctly)
25th August 1942 - 29th August 1942 - On Leave
29th August 1942 - Posted to No 1 Depot RMAC, Crookham Barracks, Aldershot
30th August 1942 - Posted to 5th General Hospital, Goodwood House, Goodwood
12th September 1942 - Granted 2 Days Leave on Short Pass (Embarkation Leave?)
15th October 1942 Embarked for North Africa
18th October 1942 - 7th November 1942 - attached to Military Wing, Civil Hospital, No 1 BSA
24th October 1942 - 20th February 1944 - North Africa
9th November 1942 - Disembarked in North Africa
28th November 1942 - 2nd August 1943 - Posted to 96 General Hospital, Guelma, NE Algeria
2nd August 1943 - 20th February 1943 - 183 Field Ambulance
21st February 1943 - Embarked for unknown destination in Middle East Force
21st February 1944 -27th June 1944 - Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF)
27th February 1944 - Embarked at Naples to join Middle East Force, disembarked in Egypt
28th February 1944 - 8th April 1944 - Admitted to Hospital X(II)
X (II) List comprises all ranks evacuated on medical grounds beyond RAP [Regimental Aid Post]
8th April 1944 - Discharged from Hospital to X(IV)A B/D
X(IV) List - comprises all ranks transferred to the X (iv) list of their corps, until posted to a unit
21st April 1944 - 28th June 1944 - 183 Field Ambulance
4th May 1944 - 179 Leave Camp (Pass to allow 'Returning to Unit', 183 Field Ambulance )
5th June 1944 - 12th June 1944 - Nursing Orderly - Class I Course at No 12 General Hospital, Bir (Beer?) Yaacov, Palestine
5th June 1944 - 183 Field Ambulance, 12th General Hospital, Israel, (After Duty Daily Pass to visit Tel Aviv and Beer Yaacov)
21st June 1944 -26th June 1944 - 183 Field Ambulance
28th June 1944 - Embarked at Alexandria for Allied Army Italy, Central Mediterranean Force (CFM)
28th June 1944 - 15th September 1945 - British North Africa Force (BNAF) Italy - became Central Mediterranean Force (CFM)
8th November 1944 - Tested and qualified as an Ambulance Driver
5th January 1954 - 9th January 1945 - Admitted to Hospital - Posted to and from X(2) List (CFM)
2nd April 1945 - Patras, Greece , 183 Field Ambulance (Pass Issued)
3rd July 1945 - Volkmark, Austria, 183 Field Ambulance, No18 Casualty Clearing Station (Pass Issued)
28th July 1945 - Qualified as a Nursing Orderly - Group "C" Class I
9th August 1945 - Granted 28 Days leave in UK
15th August 1945 - Embarked at Calais on Leave to UK
15th August 1945 - 12th October 1945 - Home Establishment
27th August 1945 - Furlong Pay Certificate - sent to E.J.O. Irelands Home
15th September 1945 - Ex Central Mediterranean Force (CMF) (Disembarked) - Posted to Depot Company, RAMC
20th September 1945 - Regimental Route - sent from 'A' Depot Company RAMC, Aldershot to No 5 Military Collecting Unit,
Queens Camp, Guilford to collect Civilian Clothes under Class 'B' Release Scheme.
22nd September 1945 - Posted to 'Y' List. Off strength - not likely to return to unit.
12th October 1945 - Relegated to Class W (Territorial) "W(T)" Reserve
13th October 1945 - Released (Termination of Service -TOS) under to Class "B" Releases
