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Surname:Ansell
Initials:H J
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/15323
Notes:MFP. Port Section. Served Home. 11/12/1915 enlisted, 9/6/1916 mobilised in the Suffolk Regiment No. 325701, born Fulham, London, occupation Book Messenger, Bank of England, address: 42a Wersham Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, Married, 19/6/1916 transferred to 62 Provisional Battalion, 1/1/1917 transferred to 17 Essex Regiment No. 400456, 29/4/1918 transferred to MFP Ports Section, 13/6/1919 to discharge no longer physically fit for war service. 14/6/1919 Sustained injury to left leg, aggravated, received 5/6d per week to be reviewed in 52 weeks.
Info from Pension Index Card:- Ansell, Harold Joseph, MFP, 14323, Suffolk Regiment, Essex Regiment, 13/6/1919, 11/MC/251307. 47a Mersham Road, Thornton Heath Surrey. Stamp: Ad 28/6/1919 at 5/6d from 14/6/1919 to 15/6/1920, Chelsea No. MVG 2360, received 30/6/1919.
Harold Joseph Ansell.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/178 June 19, 1919)
Citation: Badge No. B231399. Enlisted 9/6/1916, Discharged 13/6/1919. K.R. 392 (xvi). A.O. 29/19. Age 35years. Served home.