1. Decoration: Silver War Badge

Gazette Date: 1917-10-12

Gazette Issue: WO 329/3243

Gazette Page: List MPC/34

Citation: Badge No. 261327. Enlisted 12/10/1914, discharged 28/9/1917. Army Order 265 of 1917. Sec B. Age 37years 2 months. Served abroad.

Surname:	Sinsbury
Initials:	W.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	P/246
Notes:	MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, 18/10/1915. 28/9/17 medically discharged. Info from Pension Card Index:- Sinsbury, William, MMP, P/246, 28/9/17 to discharge, 6/MS/2994, 6 Eagle Street, Coventry, SH No. X5/47/2/4. Stamp:- Ad 27/9/17 at 13/9 to, 29/9/17 to 1/10/18, Chelsea No. 116076/H, Received 1/10/17. William Sinsbury. Extract from the Coventry Herald, 24/10/1914. Recruiting. As elsewhere recruiting is pretty slow just now. A further list of those who have joined recently is appended: Military Mounted Police. W Sinsbury.