Record of Service.

In a pocket New Testament given to him on joining, Edward Midmore kept his own personal record of the places he was posted.

Starting in September 1914 at his enlistment in Eastbourne it lists the places up until his involvement in the Afghanistan War of 1919.

1914
September 28th – Eastbourne
October 5th – St. Leonards
November 20th – Slough
November 22nd – Windsor.
December 5th – Stoke Poges

1915
June 4th – Brasted
Redhill
Maidstone
December 22nd – llyd.

1916
Sundridge
Sailsbury Plain
Patrixbourne
Canterbury
Ramsgate
Margate
Herne Bay
Canterbury (2nd Time)
Salisbaury Plain (2nd Time)

On Active Service

Left England on 12th October 1917.

France
Le Harve
Marseilles

Malta

Egypt
Port Said
Port Suez
Suez Canal

Mesopotamia - November 1917
Magil
Qurnah
Ezras Jamals
Aalaf Sabel
Amarah
Kut
Baghdad
Samara
Tekrit
Bagre
Fattah
Sharqat

India
Karachi
Ouetta
Charriam

Afghanistan 1919
Spin Boldak (Capture of).

Scilly
Corsica.













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