| Surname: | Weeks |
| Initials: | A E B |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | P/6468 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans,shown as (2b) Gallipoli on army record, 23/5/1915. Shown as (3) Egypt, 23/3/1915 to 14/8/1915 on medal roll page B460. 21/6/10 enlisted in Essex Regt, Special Reserve no. 960, 20/11/10 discharged. Formerly Pte 1 Essex Regiment. No. 9552. He has 2 x medal cards, 1 x Arthur Weekes, SWB and 2 x A E B Weeks, 15 Star, Victory and War Medals with same details. A/Sgt with pay wef 29/1/1917 Eastern Command. Enlisted at the Curragh 21/11/10 in the Essex Regiment, age 17.11 years occupation Card Room Waiter & Assistant Butler, Raleigh Club, 16 Regent Street, London, Born Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland. Transferred to MFP 26/8/16 Served Home 21/11/10 to 31/10/13, Maritius 1/11/13 to 7/12/14, Home 8/12/14 to 22/3/15, Gallipoli 23/3/15 to 14/8/15, received gun shot wounds to right thigh and left shoulder. Home 15/8/15 to 20/8/19, medical discharge no longer physically fit for war service.. Died 9/3/24. Home address 2 Pepy's Street, Harwich, Essex. Info from Pension Index Cards:- SB.36-W. WIDOWS. 11/W/14144. Widow Weeks, Ethel Maude, husband Weeks, Arthur Ernest B, MFP, P/6468, Sgt, 4 Gwyne Road, Dovercourt, Essex. Also:- Weeks, Arthur Ernest Barclay, Sgt, MFP. P/6469, Essex Regt, Suffolk Regt, 30669, 9552, 960, 20/8/19 to discharge, 2 Pepys Street, Harwich, Essex, Stamp: Ad 13/8/19 at 11/- from 21/8/19 to 24/8/20, Chelsea No. Z/Misc,2475, received 14/8/19. Paid to Effects for R.11, 21/3/24, File destroyed 20/7/32. Arthur Ernest Barclay Weeks. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/191 Sept. 16, 1919) |
| Citation: | Badge No. B300201. Enlisted 21/11/1910, Discharged 20/8/1919. K.R. 392 (xvi). A.O. 29/19. Age 27years. Served abroad. |