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Service
Record Notes
FRIEND, GEORGE
No. 40125, George Friend, 8th
Leicesters
6, Ethelbert Road, Tower Hamlets, Dover,
Kent.
Age 37 years 224 days.
Occ. Labourer.
Enlisted 21/3/16.
Next of Kin William Friend, 11, Castlemount Cottages, Dover. (Brother)
Called up for service Pte 21/3/16. 3/5
Leicesters.
Embarked for BEF Folkestone 3/3/17.
Leicester Rgt. Discharged Pte. No longer
physically fit for war service. 27/12/17.
19 December 1917.
Rank Private.
Name. Friend George.
Regiment. Leicestershire. 3rd
Battalion.
Date of discharge 27/12/17.
Age 39. Born August 1878.
Labourer.
Address c/o Mrs Barnes, Ernest St.
Buckland, Portsmouth.
Character good.
Single.
Cause of Discharge.Physically Unfit. Degeneration of Spinal Cord.
Origin unknown, Constitutional, Not result
of but aggravated by conditions of active service.
Permanent.
Requires G.P. treatment.
(Note: he was admitted a number of times to hospital)
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