Surname: | Norris |
Initials: | W H |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | P/15759 |
Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad Hospital Ship "Letitia", 19/6/1915. Shown as 5/8/17 in medal roll page B1140. Previously served in the Royal Field Artillery No. 32412, 6/10/1906 discharged time expired. 12/3/1915 re enlisted as a Pte. Royal Army Medical Corps. No. 56074 amended to 56974, born Woolwich, age 30 years, occupation Sgt, Metropolitan Police, No. 103, Y Division, address: 110 So View Road, Hornsey, London N. 8/6/1918 transferred to MFP, A/Sgt, 30/1/1919 to discharge class Z reserve. Served Home 12/3/1915 to 18/6/1915, Hospital Ship Letitia 19/6/1915 to 4/2/1916, home 5/2/1916 to 4/8/1917, BEF 5/8/1917 to 2/1/1919, Home 3/1/1919 to 29/1/1919, 30/1/1919 to class Z reserve. 2/6/1907 he married Alice Pruce, spinster at the Parish Church, Aldates, Oxford, they had 1 child. Home address: 63 Hawthorn Road, Hornsey. N8. HMHS Letitia served in the Mediterranean at Gallipoli. Ran aground in Fog at the entrance to Portuguese Cove, Halifax Harbour, Canada 1/8/1917. 3/1/1919 awarded £2 on the Bermondsey Military Hospital, Ladywell Road, London SE13 Demobilization Acquittance Roll. Address 1/1919 Police Station, Hornsey. William Henry Norris. |