| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 13/8/1914 to 17/10/1914 and 12/3/1916 to 1/6/1916 and (3) Egypt, 7/10/1916. Formerly Pte. 1 Northamptonshire Regiment. No. 9622 and Pte. Labour Corps. No. 361561. 30/4/1919 medically discharged.
Info from pension index cards: John George Perkins, No. 16237, L/Cpl, MFP, 30/4/1919 discharged, born 1895, single, address: Bulwick, Peterborough, 1/5/1919 awarded pension for injury to back, awarded pension of 8/- per week from 5/5/1920 to 2/11/1920. Also Perkins, L/Cpl, John George, MFP, 16237, Northants Regt, Labour Corps, 30/4/1919, 7/MP/38, Stamp: Ad 13/5/1919 at 13/9d from 1/5/1919 to 4/11/1919, Chelsea No. 227, CU,VO. received 14/5/1919.
A further document part of a Board of Enquiry into a disturbance in the Idaho Bar, Damascus where L/Cpl Robinson MFP was beaten unconscious and L/Cpl Perkins, MFP was thrown out of an upper floor window and rendered unconscious and one policeman's pistols stolen. Two soldiers from the group were identified as 20523 Cpl McInnes, Machine Gun Company Dorset Regiment and 113240 Gnr, Poynter RA. No other details. The above account was found in the army record of P/15131 L/Cpl Robinson T. (This may account for his back injury).
John George Perkins. |
