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Cpl. Cecil Henry John Waite
British Army 3rd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Frome
Jack Waite enlisted aged 18 on 6th of November 1911. He served seven years with the Colours and five years in the Army Reserve. Jack trained as a sharpshooter. His service was as follows:
Gibraltar 1st January 1914 - 3rd September 1914
Embarked 5th October 1914
Wounded by a shell at Ypres on 24th October 1914
Returned to the front on 28th April 1915
Promoted to Lance Corporal on 5th June 1915
Demoted for using threatening language to an NCO on 18th October 1915
Promoted to Lance Corporal on 28th April 1917
Wounded in the right hand by a bullet on 5th August 1917