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George Comberbach
Military Service Career
Scottish Rifles: 13376
Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery: 90671
Attestation Form Short Service 3yrs or Duration of War
Enlisted: 8 Sep 1914, aged 21, at Blackburn
Born: 1893
Occupation: Weaver
Statement of Services
8 Sep 1914 Private 10th Scottish Rifles
9 Sep 1914 Joined
24 Sep 1914 Promoted Lance Corporal
4 Feb 1915 Promoted Corporal
23 Jun 1915 Transferred Gunner “A” Battery, 115th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
29 Nov 1915 Appointed Acting Bombardier “A” Battery, 115th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
1 Feb 1916 Promoted Bombardier “A” Battery, 115th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
6 Jan 1918 Reverted to rank of Gunner at his own request
30 Apr 1919 Dispersal
29 May 1919 Reserves, 10 Foxhouse Street, Blackburn.
Description of George Comberbach 8 Sep 1914
Age: 21
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 119lbs
Chest size: 34½ inches expanded, with 2½ inches of expansion
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Wesleyan
Vision: R = 6/9; L = 6/6
Passed fit 8 Sep 1914
Casualty Form – Active Service
1 Dec 1915 Embarked at Marseilles, France for Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
17 Dec 1915 Arrived Salonika, Greece
29 Nov 1915 Appointed Acting Bombardier in the field
1 Feb 1916 Promoted Acting Bombardier in the field
8 Sep 1916 Granted QI PP
19 Sep 1916 Admitted to hospital but illness not yet diagnosed. Discharged to unit 2 Oct 1916.
2 Feb 1917 Admitted to hospital
6 Jan 1918 Reverts to Gunner at own request
Military History Sheet
8 Sep 1914 – 18 Sep 1915 Home 1yr 10d
19 Sep 1915 – 30 Nov 1915 France 73d
1 Dec 1915 – 16 Apr 1919 Mediterranean 3yr 137d
17 Apr 1919 – 29 Apr 1919 Embarked at Salonika for UK 12d
30 Apr 1919 Home
Campaigns: Expeditionary Force, France 1915, Mediterranean 1916 & 1916
Father: John William Comberbach of 2 St Barnabas Street, Blackburn
21 Aug 1920 Receipt of 1914-15 Star
4 Feb 1921 Receipt of British War Medal
27 Sep 1921 Receipt of Victory Medal
Pension Record
29 May 1919 Transferred to Class Z (reserves)
Address: 10 Foxhouse Street, Blackburn
Service: France 3 months, Balkans 1915 to date
Disease: Malaria since July 1916 due to climate
Hospital: 29th General Hospital, 48th and 42nd
Last employer: E Hapworth & Sons Ltd., Audley Hall Buildings, Blackburn
Examined: 17 Mar 1919, age: 25
Disability: Malaria and slight anaemia
Father: 2 St Barnabas Street, Blackburn
8 Sep 1914 Posted Private 10th Scottish Rifles
9 Sep 1914 Joined 10th Scottish Rifles
24 Sep 1914 Promoted Lance Corporal 10th Scottish Rifles
2 Feb 1915 Promoted Corporal
23 Jun 1915 Transferred Gunner, Royal Field Artillery on probabtion
29 Nov 1915 Appointed paid Acting Bombardier RFA
1 Feb 1916 Promoted Bombardier RFA
6 Jan 1918 Reverted to Gunner at own request, ‘A’ Battery 115th Brigade
29 May 1919 Transferred Z Class (reserves)
Service Summary
8 Sep 1914 – 18 Sep 1915 Home
19 Sep 1915 – 30 Nov 1915 France
1 Dec 1915 – 16 Apr 1919 Mediterranean
19 Apr 1919 – 29 Apr 1919 En route, disability: malaria
Disciplinary record: spotless
Medal Index Card
Gunner RFA: 90671
Bombardier RFA: 90671
Reverted to Gunner at own request 6 Jan 1918
1914-15 Star: 20 Sep 1915, British Expeditionary Force, France
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COMBERBACH |
Royal Field Artillery |
Gunner |
90671 |
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Bombardier* |
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Medal. |
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VICTORY |
*RFA/227B |
25424 |
*Reverted to Gunner at Own Request 6 January 1918 |
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BRITISH |
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15 STAR |
RFA/9AB |
6558 |
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Silver War Badge List K/236 |
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Theatre of War first served in |
(1) France |
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Date of entry therein |
20 September 1915 |
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