Robert RIMELL
WW1 Service Record extract
| Document dated 12 September 1916 TO BE SIGNED BY RECRUIT AND FIXED WITH HIS ATTESTATION. I Robert Rimell understand that I am being enlisted for the duration of the war for ????? services in the Army Service Corps, with a view to being trained as a Motor Transport Driver; and that my pay will be 1/2d (one shilling and two pence) per diem, until such time as I am passed by the Military Authorities as a Qualified Motor Driver, from which time I am to receive in addition Corps pay at 1/2d (one shilling and twopence) per diem, exclusive of separation allowance or other allowances to which I am entitled under Army Regulations. I also understand that in the event of my not qualifying as a Motor Driver within a reasonable time, (such time to be fixed by the Military Authorities) I may be posted to some other branch of the Army Service Corps, and that my pay will then be 1/6d (one shilling and sixpence) per diem, and in addition such rate of Corps pay as may be authorised. signed Robert Rimell. |
| Enlisted: 12.9.16. |
| Address: 61 Ronver Road, Lee, SE. |
| Age 21 years - C of E. |
| Occupation: Machine hand. |
| Not Married. |
| Height: 5 ft 5¼ in |
| Chest: 31½ - 34½ inches. |
| Next of Kin: Grace Rimell, mother, 61 Ronver Road, Lee, SE. |
| Embarked Folkstone and disembarked Boulogne 14.4.17 |
| Wounded 17.8.17 - Metal removed from Rt elbow joint. Wound healed and perfect movement in joints on discharge on furlough. |
| To UK for demob from Boulogne 24.9.19. |
| C of E. |
| On discharge Sobriety: Sober Reliable: Yes Is he intelligent: rather above the average |
Notes taken from WO 363-420 at The National Archives - other pages in file difficult to read