Military Provost Staff Corps

Soldier Details:

Surname: Yeats

Initials: W.

Rank: Acting Corporal

Army No.: P/9701

Notes: MFP. Served Home. Formerly Pte. Gordon Highlanders No.5282 later Scottish Rifles. No. 33296. Home address: He has 2 x Silver War Badge Cards 1 x name Yates, 2 x Yeats real name. He enlisted 15/11/15 in the Scottish Rifles, age 40.11 years, occupation Hotel Attendant, home address: 111 Hyndland Road, Glasgow. 18/6/18 discharged no longer physically fit for war service, myalgia and injury to right knee. No date of transfer to MFP. Info from pension index card:- William Yeats, No. P/9701, A/Cpl, MFP. 18/6/1918 discharged, born 1877, married, address: 111 Hyndland Road, Glasgow. 19/6/1918 awarded pension for myalgia (muscle pain). William Yeats.

Decorations/Medals/Awards (2)

1. Decoration: Queen's South Africa Medal

Gazette Date: 1901-07-15

Gazette Issue: WO 100/203

Gazette Page: 410

Citation: Clasps: Elandslaage, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek. Awarded as Pte No. 5282 Gordon Highlanders.

2. Decoration: Silver War Badge

Gazette Date: 1918-11-08

Gazette Issue: WO 329/3243

Gazette Page: List MPC/89

Citation: Badge No. B36903. Enlisted 14/3/1917, Discharge 18/6/1918. KR 392 (xvi) AO VI/1918 WO letter 6185/2/B d/5/11/1918, Service South Africa. Age 42 years 2 months. Served home. He has 2 x Silver War Badge Cards 1 x Scotttish Rifles transferred to MFP and 2 x MFC (MFP).

Surname:	Yeats
Initials:	W.
Rank:	Acting Corporal
Army No.:	P/9701
Notes:	MFP. Served Home. Formerly Pte. Gordon Highlanders No.5282 later Scottish Rifles. No. 33296. Home address: He has 2 x Silver War Badge Cards 1 x name Yates, 2 x Yeats real name. He enlisted 15/11/15 in the Scottish Rifles, age 40.11 years, occupation Hotel Attendant, home address: 111 Hyndland Road, Glasgow. 18/6/18 discharged no longer physically fit for war service, myalgia and injury to right knee. No date of transfer to MFP. Info from pension index card:- William Yeats, No. P/9701, A/Cpl, MFP. 18/6/1918 discharged, born 1877, married, address: 111 Hyndland Road, Glasgow. 19/6/1918 awarded pension for myalgia (muscle pain). William Yeats.