| Surname: | Chandler |
| Initials: | W T |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/15856 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 29/3/1915 to 23/6/16 and 15/2/17 to 17/5/17. 4/8/1914 he enlisted as a Pte. 5 Gloucestershire Regt. No. 2331, address: 3 Grove Cottage, Pagan Hill Lane, Stroud, later transferred to 208 Company, Machine Gun Corps. No. 2419. 6/7/1918 transferred to MFP, 16/3/1919 to discharge. Served Home 4/8/1914 to 28/3/1915, BEF 29/3/1915 to 23/6/1916, Home 24/6/1916 to 24/2/1917, BEF 25/2/1917 to 27/3/1917, Home 28/3/1917 to 17/8/1918, Italy 18/8/1918 to 13/2/1919, Home 14/2/1919 to 15/3/1919, 16/3/1919 to discharge. 9/101/1918 show on casualty list as being MFP L of C School, APOL5 as being in 39 CCS, Italy with NYD sick 19/10/1818 43 Ambulance Train. 27/6/1917 he married Sarah Stevenson, Spinster at Parnham, Cain's Cross. 6/3/1919 he was awarded 5/6 per week to be reviewed in 26 weeks, disability Bronchitis 20%. On discharge he worked for LNER Railway Company at Sheffield. Info from Pension Index Card: Chandler, William Thomas, MFP, P/15856, Gloucester Regt. MGC. 15/3/1919, SFJ 2376, 8/MC/3994, Pagan Hill Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Stamp: Ad 8/4/1919 at 5/6d from 16/3/1919 to 16/9/1919, Chelsea No. Z/MFP/1106, received 9/4/1919. William Thomas Chandler. |