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Rank : Sergeant

Army Number : 1st Bn 10761 - 6th Bn 11902

Unit : 1st Bn Boer War - 6th WWI

Biography :

Biography: Enlisted in 1898 Army Number 2524 1st Bn. Recipient of the Queen's South Africa medal with Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps. Passed examination as military telegraphist 10.4.1906.

Home town given as Leicester. Served with Leicestershire Regiment during World War One. Awarded the Military Medal. See London Gazette 13.09.1918 page 10761.

Attestation papers show that John William Betts served for 12 years previously to having re-enlisted in August 1914 at Leicester age 33 and 292 days to the Special Reserve.

British Expeditionary Force to France 29.7.1915 - awarded MM in London Gazette entry 13.9.1918.

Next of kin: Sister, Maria Louise Collins 111 Western Road Leicester.

Appointed paid A/Sgt 3.5.1919 - reverted to the rank of Corporal for improper conduct 21.11.1919

Discharged 8.5.1920 Character: Good

1911 Census shows boarder at sister's home at 111 Western Road Leicester.

Conduct Sheet:

Leicestershire - 3rd Bn 26.8.1914 - Pte
Aldershot - 6th Bn 29.8.1914 - Pte
Aldershot - 6th Bn - deprived of day's pay by OC for misconduct Pte 11.11.1914
Aldershot - 6th Bn - deprived of 7 days pay for misconduct Pte 24.5.1915
Aldershot - 6th Bn - Tried by FGCM an sentenced to 6 mnths impt with HL for when on active service Drunkenness - three months impt with HL remitted (sentence suspended) Pte 13.9.1915
Aldershot - 6th Bn - 3 months IHL commuted to 3 months FP Pte 23.9.1915
Appointed unpaid Lance Corporal 9.4.1918

Son of John William Betts Snr who served in the Regiment in the Crimea.

Some information from a private source.

Date of Birth : ?

Place of Birth : Oadby, Leicester

Date of Death : ?

Place of Death : ?

Civil Occupation : Chauffeur Domestic

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : Boer War & WW1

Places Served : South Africa & France