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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Close
Initials:A W
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/10422
Notes:MFP. Served Home. Enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regt. No. 38273 9/12/15 age 40.10 years, occupation Game Keeper, home address: 10 Leth Beck, Burnt Yates, Nr Harrogate and later 12 Chiltenham Mount, Harrogate. Transferred to MFP 8/5/17, served in Newcastle upon Tyne 28/6/19. He had previously served in the Cumberland & Westmorland Yeomanry. Served Home 9/12/15, Army Reserve 10/12/15 to 23/10/16, Home 24/10/16 to 9/1/20 to class Z reserve.
Info from Pension Index Cards:- Close, Alfred William, MFP, P/10422, 38273, Z/Misc/3497 2/MC/3334, 1/MC/12588, DD's 12/1/20. Also:- 4/MC/1664. Close, Alfred William, MFP, P/10422, Cpl, 12 Chiltenham Mount, Harrogate, transferred to Northern Region, Ramsthorpe, Nr Otterburn, Northumberland 2/MC/3334. Also:- 2/NC/3334. Close, William Alfred, MFP, P/10422, A/Cpl, 9/1/20 to discharge, born 1877, married, Ramshope Shooting Box, Nr Otterburn, Northumberland, 10/1/20 he was awarded a pension for Myalgia, due to.
Alfred William Close.