Elms Charles Edward CSM 4435437 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Elms Charles Edward
|Army number=4435437
|Rank=WO II (CSM).
|Decorations=None yet known, beyond service medals.
|Date of birth=Born Q1 1895, Brentford, Middlesex.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Attested for the Army 1/3/1919 aged 25 in Rawalpindi. Labourer. Served in the DLI as 11224. Re-enlisted as a Regular soldier for 7 and 5 years. Extended service to complete - possibly for pension. Discharged with exemplary conduct record under King's Regulations Para 383 (xxii) 14/10/1938. Enlisted in the E Reserve. Recalled to the Colours. Posted to 10th Battalion DLI. Relegated to Z Reserve 17/8/1945.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Company Sergeant Major.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known but probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None so far as is known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address=
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 |Army number=4435437
 |Rank=WO II (CSM).
-|Decorations=None yet known, beyond WW1 and WW2 service medals and Indian General Service Medal with North West Frontier clasp.
+|Decorations=None yet known, beyond WW1 Victory Medal and War Medal plus the 1915 Star, and WW2 service medals together with Indian General Service Medal with North West Frontier clasp.
 |Date of birth=Born 4/5/1895, birth registered Q1 1895, Brentford, Middlesex.
 |Age=79 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Attested for the Army 1/3/1919 aged 25 in Rawalpindi.  Labourer.  Served in the DLI as 11224.  Re-enlisted as a Regular soldier for 7 and 5 years.  Extended service to complete - possibly for pension.  Discharged with exemplary conduct record under King's Regulations Para 383 (xxii) 14/10/1938.  Enlisted in the E Reserve.  Recalled to the Colours.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI.  Relegated to Z Reserve 17/8/1945.
+|Unit=Served in the DLI as 11224 - possibly from 1915.  Posted to 1st Battalion DLI.  Served in India.  Attested for the Army 1/3/1919 aged 25 (this should perhaps have been recorded as 24) in Rawalpindi.  Re-enlisted as a Regular soldier for 7 and 5 years.  Extended his service to probably complete 22 years for pension.  Discharged with exemplary conduct record under King's Regulations Para 383 (xxii) 14/10/1938.  Enlisted in the E Reserve.  Recalled to the Colours.  Posted to 10th Battalion DLI.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+Relegated to Z Reserve 17/8/1945.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
+|Company/Battery=Headquarters Company.
 |Task or role=Company Sergeant Major.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known but probably 1/9/1939.
-|Promotions=None so far as is known.
+|Promotions=None further, so far as is known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 2/1/1975.  Death registered January 1975 in Sunderland.  Probate granted Newcastle Registry 16/6/1975.
-|Home address=LIved in Twickenham at the time of the 1901 Census at 24 Gould Road.  Father Alfred Elms, Mother Leonie Charlotte Elms.
+|Home address=Lived in Twickenham at the time of the 1901 Census at 24 Gould Road.  Father - Alfred Elms, Mother - Leonie Charlotte Butler.  In 1911 he was 16, living at Crane Road, Twickenham as the eldest child of his mother, who was described as Head of Household as his father was not present at the time of the Census.  No trace of a marriage has been found.
 }}