Elms Charles Edward CSM 4435437
Personnel Entry
Name Elms Charles Edward
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.
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.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
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 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.
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