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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Extracts from British Army Pension records for Wade Mould (1891-1962)
Called
up
for
service
6
Mar
1916,
Leicester,
age
24
years
120
days.
Full
address
3A
Watling
Street,
Leicester.
Height
5
feet
4
1/2
inches
[1.65m]
.
Chest
measurement
33
inches
[84cm]
when
fully
expanded,
range
of
expansion 2 inches
[5cm]
. Wife Jane Mould formerly Coveney, married 27/11/1916
[sic. It was 1915]
.
Assigned
4th
Works
Company
Devon
Regiment
15
Mar
1916.
Transferred
to
311th
(H.S.)
Labour
Company
28
Apr 1917.
Discharged
no
longer
physically
fit
for
war
service
6
Feb
1918.
Disability
"Loss
of
thumb,
first
and
second
fingers
of
the
left
hand".
Origin
of
disability
given
as
"about
1908"
in
Sheffield.
"He
states
he
was
working
at
a
planing
machine
when
he
lost
his
fingers."
The
opinion
of
the
Medical
Board
records
that
a
pension
claim
was
not due to military service. Degree of disablement assessed as less than 20%.
The
Disablement
Pension
award
sheet
records
a
degree
of
disablement
as
10%
and
a
£20
gratuity
paid
(worth
around £1,320 today).
Source: British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 7 Jun 2020
Extracts from British Army Pension records for Wade Mould
(1891-1962)
![Called up for service 6 Mar 1916, Leicester, age 24 years 120 days. Full address 3A Watling Street, Leicester. Height 5 feet 4 1/2 inches [1.65m]. Chest measurement 33 inches [84cm] when fully expanded, range of expansion 2 inches [5cm]. Wife Jane Mould formerly Coveney, married 27/11/1916 [sic. It was 1915]. Assigned 4th Works Company Devon Regiment 15 Mar 1916. Transferred to 311th (H.S.) Labour Company 28 Apr 1917. Discharged no longer physically fit for war service 6 Feb 1918. Disability "Loss of thumb, first and second fingers of the left hand". Origin of disability given as "about 1908" in Sheffield. "He states he was working at a planing machine when he lost his fingers." The opinion of the Medical Board records that a pension claim was not due to military service. Degree of disablement assessed as less than 20%. The Disablement Pension award sheet records a degree of disablement as 10% and a £20 gratuity paid (worth around £1,320 today). Source: British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920](index_htm_files/133036.png)
