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Pte. Edward Maurice McCarthy British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment


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Pte. Edward Maurice McCarthy

British Army 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment

from:131 Springbank Rd, Hithergreen, London

Edward McCarthy, was born on 29 September 1899. He enlisted on the 22nd of March 1917 aged 17 years and 6 months. His service with the Middlesex regiment reckoned from the 30th of October 1917 when he had turned 18.

On the 18th of December 1917 he was in a Training Reserve Battalion. Then on the 1st of March 1918 he transferred to 52nd Graduated Training Battalion, on the 21st of April 1918 he was posted from the 21st Battalion to the 1st Battalion.

Records show that on the 7th of May 1918 he was treated by the 99th Field Ambulance with a medical condition, he then rejoined his Battalion. He was wounded on the 30th of September 1918, rejoining his unit on the 26th of October 1918. On the 9th of November 1918 he was again wounded, shrapnel left arm. He returned to England on the 22nd of November 1918 on the SS Panama and was sent to the 4th London General Hospital. On the 15th of April 1919 he was Discharged from Service. Total days in service 755.









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