Albert Campbell Teeney – WW1 Service Record

April 18, 2010  |  Uncategorized

The following is a timeline compiled from Albert Teeneys Military Service records.

1st Enlistment – Alfred Teeney 1912

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29th August 1912
Joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4th Battalion.* Regimental No. 2816, Alfred Teeney.

4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion:
August 1914: in Enniskillen. Moved on mobilisation to Lough Swilly and in October 1914 to Buncrana. Had a period in 1916 in Clonmany but returned to Buncrana. Absorbed the 3rd (Reserve) Bn in April 1918.

30th August 1912
Description of Alfred Teeney on Enlistment. Declared FIT for the Army Reserve 29th August 1912 in Belfast and approved 30th August 1912. Posted as Private.

Description of Alferd Teeney on enlistment.

  • Height: 5ft 4 1/2″
  • Weight: 107lbs
  • Chest Measurement: Girth when fully expanded 33″/  range of expansion 4″
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: Light Brown
  • Birth mark right side of back
  • Pulse 80

10th September 1912
Station: Enniskillen
Discharged in consequence of “having made a mis-statement as to age on enlistment.
Character on discharge: Good

2nd Enlistment – Albert Teeney 1914

View PDF of Service Record Here. (Currently compiling individual pages into PDF)
View JPEG of Medal Card here.

18th February 1914
Joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4th Battalion. *Regimental No. 3224, Albert Teeney.
Declared FIT for the Army Reserve 18th February 1914 in Belfast and approved 19th February 1914. Posted as Private.

Description of Albert Teeney on enlistment.

  • Apparent Age: 17
  • Height: 5ft 5 1/2″
  • Weight: 119lbs
  • Chest Measurement: Girth when fully expanded 35″ / range of expansion 3″
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: Light Brown
  • Brown mark below right shoulder blade

18th February to 17 April 1914
Recruitment Training

1st May 1914
Musketry Training

13th May 1914 – Finner Camp, Enniskillen
Conduct: Not complying with an ?????
Punishment:
8 days conifined to barracks.

1st August 1914
Mobilised – Posted to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion*

*2nd Battalion (1)
August 1914 : in Dover. Part of 12th Brigade in 4th Division. Moved to Norfolk.
Landed at Le Havre 22 August 1914.
6 December 1914 : transferred as GHQ Troops.

9th January 1915 – Ballyliffin
Conduct: Absent from 7pm 9th until 7pm 11th
Punishment: Admonished 12.1.15 Forfeits 3 days pay.

*2nd Battalion (1)
26 January 1915 : transferred to 5th Brigade in 2nd Division.

6th April 1915 – Clonmany
Conduct: Overstaying his pass from tattoo until about 6.50pm whilst on active service.
Punishment: 7 days conifined to barracks. Forfeits 3 days pay.

*2nd Battalion (1)
22 July 1915: transferred as Army Troops to Third Army.
8 November 1915 : transferred to 14th Brigade in 5th Division.
24 December 1915 : transferred to 96th Brigade in 32nd Division.

10th August 1916
Appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal

2nd May 1917
Appointed Paid Lance Corporal

26th May 1917
Reverted to Private

*2nd Battalion (1)
3 February 1918 : transferred to 109th Brigade in 36th (Ulster) Division.

26th March 1918
Dangeriously ill, gunshot wound to chest. General Hospital Rouen.

26th March 1918
Seriously ill. General Hospital Rouen (2)

16th April 1918
2 Southern General Hospital, Bristol

20th April 1918
Relitives notified

23rd April 1918
Dangeriously ill, 2 Southern General Hospital, Bristol

11th April 1918
Posted to Depot

21st March 1919
Transfered to Special Army Reserve.
Discharged from service: Gunshot Wound to left shoulder.

Sources:

  1. http://www.1914-1918.net/skins.htm
  2. The Medical Front WW1
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