Soldier Details:
Surname: Zinke
Initials:   F.C.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  P/16305
Notes:   MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 17/7/1917 to 9/12/1917. Enlisted age 21.7 years, occupation glass cutter, NOK Father, 20 Brettle Land, Stourbridge 10/12/15 attested, Army Reserve 10/2/15 to 4/4/17, Home 5/4/17 to 16/6/17, BEF 17/7/17 to 9/12/17, Home 10/12/17 to 31/7/19 to Z Reserve. He enlisted as a Pte. 8 South Staffordshire Regiment, No. 37891, 2/12/17, he suffered gas shell wounds, severe, 9/9/18 transferred to MFP, 12/6/18 he married Rose May Pardoe, spinster at the Parish Church, Stourbridge, address 20 Pirnell Lane, Stourbridge. 1/8/19 he received a pension of 5/6 per week for DAH & Laryngitis Info from Pension Index Cards:- 6/MX/378, Zinke, Frederick, MFP, P/16305, A/L/Cpl, 31/7/19 to discharge, born 1894, married, 21 King Street, Lye, Worcester, disability DAH (disorderly action of heart), Laryngitis, Aggr. Also:- Zinke, Frederick, MFP, P/16305, South Staffs Regt, 37891, 31/7/19 to discharge, 6/MX/378, 21 King Street, Lye, Worcestershire, Stamp: Ad 8/8/19 at 5/6 from 1/8/19, to 3/2/20, Chelsea no. Z/Misc,2299, received 9/8/19. Frederick Charles Zinke.