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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Brown
Initials:T
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/3955
Notes:MFP. Served Home. 22/10/1914 he enlisted as a Pte, Notts & Derby Regiment, No. 2924 age 40.8 years, occupation blacksmith's striker, address: 30 Calvert Street, Derby and 36 Norman Street, Derby, 22/9/1916 transferred to MFP, 28/8/1817 discharged no longer physically fit for war service. Served Home 22/10/1914 to 28/8/1917, he received 8/3d per week pension for 52 weeks, disability valvular disease. 10/3/1918 DIED. Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Discharged 11/15. Died after Discharge, 9/12/1922 he left the sum of £8-15-00 war gratuity. 22/10/1893 he married Harriet Etty Sountney, spinster at Burton on Trent, they had 3 children.
Info from Pension Index Cards:- P/3955, Pte A/L/Cpl, MFP, widow Harriot Brown, 73 Canal Street, Derby. Also Brown, Thomas, MFP, 3955, 28/8/1917, 12/1/2.257.4, Adm. 12/9/1917 @ 8/3d from 29/8/1917 to 27/8/1918, CN 103277H. Rec. 12/9/1917, SFJ261, 36 Norman Street, Derby, Stamp: File Destroyed 10/1/1926. Also:- 39. Brown, Harriot, 73 Canal Street, Derby, P/3955, A/L/Cpl, Thos. Brown, MFP. Also:- W1/ Brown, Thos, P.3955, MFP, Pte, A/L/Cpl, death notified 10/3/18, discharged, Widow Harriot, 73 Canal Street, Derby. Legal wife (separated) and unmarried wife, no claim received from separated wife and 76 received from unmarried wife. Case passed to Dependents. 14/5/18. Also:- Brown, Thomas, MFP, P/3955, 28/8/17 to discharge, , 12.1/2.257.4, SFJ.261. File Destroyed 10/1/26. Stamp: Ad, 12/9/17 at 8/3 from 29/8/17 to 27/8/18, Chelsea no. 103277/H, received 12/9/17, 36 Norman Street, Derby.
Thomas Brown.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/36 Oct. 12, 1917)
Citation: Badge No. 261326. Enlisted 22/10/1914, discharged 28/8/1917. Army Order 265 of 1917. Sec D. Age 45years 5months. Served home.