| Surname: | Barkham |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/16308 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 16/11/1915 to 28/2/1916 and (2a) Balkans, 1/5/1916 to 11/10/1917. 28/9/1914 he enlisted as a Gnr. 3 East Anglian Royal Field Artillery. No. 1023, later 272 Brigade Nol. 885305, address: 10 Hungate Ale Stores, Beccles, Suffolk, 26/9/1918 transferred to MFP, 8/3/1919 Disembodied. Served Home 25/9/1914 to 15/11/1915, BEF 16/11/1915 to 28/2/1916, Med Exp Force and Egypt Exp Force 1/3/1916 to 11/10/1917, Home 12/10/1917 to 8/3/1919, 9/3/1919 discharged. 9/3/1919 he was awarded a pension of 5/6d per week to be reviewed in 26 weeks + 3/2d for wife and children. Suffered from chronic gastritis and varicose veins, att. 20%. 28/8/1900 he married May Jane West, Spinster at the Parish Church Beccles. Info from Pension Index Cards:- Barkham, Arthur, MFP, 16308, RFA , 8/3/1919, 11/W/118410, Hungate, Beccles. Stamp: Ad 11/3/1919 at 5/6d from 9/3/1919 to 9/9/1919, Chelsea No. 2/Misc, MFP/820, received 13/3/1919. Widow Mary Jane 10/2/1960. Also Ministry of Pensions & National Insurance, Claimant, Barkham, Mary Jane, Man's Name Barkham, Arthur, CMP, Pte, No. P/163098, relationship to man Widow. Registered No. 11/W/118410 and 11/M/273970. 9/2/1919 shown as receiving £2 on the Thetford Demobilization Acquittance Roll. Arthur Barkham. |