Friday 14 August 2015

Commission for Sergeant-Major


 Second Lieutenant J T Coe [X550/1/81]

Saturday 14th August: Company Sergeant-Major J T Coe, who has served in the Bedfordshire Regiment since 1899, has been promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Regiment. Second Lieutenant Coe has the King and Queen’s South African Medals to his credit. Whilst serving with the Second Battalion in Flanders in the present campaign, he was mentioned in despatches. A gunshot wound in the head obtained at Ypres accounts for his presence with the 3rd Battalion.

Source: Biggleswade Chronicle 27th August 1915

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