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Old 23-02-2015, 06:41 PM
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As he spent his non-commissioned service in the Household Cavalry, and as the Household Cavalry service documents have survived we have something to look at on the NA site.

His age given at attestation on the 13th October 1914 is 25 years and 285 days. Trade is Clerk, birthplace Widdrington, Northumberland. Height 5'10⅛''
complexion fresh, eyes hazel, hair brown. Father Robert at the address in Benwell above. Religious denomination: Presbyterian.

So he is giving his date of birth as 31st Dec 1888?
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