Surname: | Chambers |
Initials: | W |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | P/859 |
Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 19/7/1915 to 26/1/17. Formerly 15 Hussars attached to 8 Hussars. Medal card annotated: application for Kings's South Africa Medal (ineligible). Discharged medically unfit 7/5/17. Info from pension index cards:- 4/MC/9592. Chambers, Walter, MMP, P/859, L/Cpl, 7/5/17 to discharge, Born 1867. Married. Address: 9 Burton Street, Moorside, Leeds. Pension for Myalgia (pain in muscle or groups of muscle). Also:- Chambers, Walter, MMP. P/859, Hussars, 2337, 4/MC/9592, STA 22175/17 passed to group 18/8/21. Walter Chambers. |
Decoration Record: | |
Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/23 July 10, 1917) |
Citation: | Badge No. 222385. Enlisted 16/1/1915, discharged 7/5/1917, Class P AR. Authority, CRAC 2/6792 d/-17/4/1917. Served abroad. |