| Surname: | Brough |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/11091 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 21/9/1915 to 17/11/1915 and (2a) Balkans, 17/11/1915 to 1/12/1916 and (1) France, 5/10/1918. 4/9/1914 he enlisted as a Pte 7 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. No.13598,born Birmingham, occupation meta polisher, age 30.2 years, address: 3 Rexton Place, Shakespear Road, Ladywood, Birmingham. 23/5/1917 to MFP on probation, 26/6/1917 transferred to MFP, 21/3/1918 at Birmingham drunk on duty at Tramway Centre, reduced to Pte,15/7/129 to class Z reserve. 6/11/1919 awarded the sum of £2 on Fovant No. 1 Dispersal Centre acquittance roll. Served with BEF 26/9/1915 to 11/1915, Salonika 11/1915 to 9/1916, BEF 10/1918 at Bologne.16/7/1919 he was awarded a pension of 5/6 per week + 5/8 for children, disability 1% defective vision aggr. Info from Pension Index Card: Brough, James, MFP, P/11091, Ox & Bucks L I, 15/7/1919, SFJ 3364, Stamp: Ad 21/7/1919 at 11/2 from 6/7/1919 until further notice, Chelsea No. Z/Misc, 2179, received 23/7/1919. James Brough. |