| Surname: | Flower |
| Initials: | G |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/7652 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3a) Egypt, 12/4/1915 to 3/10/15 and (23) Balkans, 26/4/16 to 23/6/17 and f (3) Egypt, 29/6/17. 5/8/1913 he enlisted as a Pte. Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. No. 1725., age 17 years, occupation Butcher, born West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, address: Father, West Stockwith, Gainsborough, Notts, 1/10/1916 transferred to MMP, Disembodied 22/5/19. Army Form B17. Statement by a Soldier concerning his own case. Malaria, Dardanelles, Egypt, Salonika, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Turkey. Weak chest caused by Malaria and also pneumonia which first started in November 1918 and was caused largely by the POW Camp I was in in Turkey, being in a worse state at the time. He sustained a GSW to right foot. International Red Cross Committee POW Card. FLO. Flower G, RAP, L/Cpl. MMP, R.5245. 2/3/1918 letter in Army Record: The above man was attached to 3rd Mounted Brigade, MMP from 1/9/1914 to 4/2/1916 @ 2/2 per diem (Police Pay) as shewn in AF O.1810. d/- 4./3/1916. He was only acting Corporal (unpaid), promoted by the unit. He was invalided to England on HS "Dunluce Castle" 26/9/1915 (wounded), and his records should be with you know. 15/4/1919 he was awarded £2 on the Harrowby Camp No. 1 Demobilization Acquittance Roll. Gordon Flower. |
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| Imprisonment: | Turkey TURKEY 🇹🇷 |