Private Joseph Chambers
Number: 30590
Company: 60th (North Irish Horse) Company (New), 17th Battalion, Second Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 16 February 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 21
Trade or calling: Shirt cutter
Place of birth: In the Parish of Londonderry, in or near the Town of Londonderry, in the County of Londonderry
Family: Father Joseph Chambers, baker, mother Mary Jane Chambers (nee Pickett/ Pigott), of 65 Abercorn Road, Londonderry
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 6". Complexion fresh, eyes blue grey, hair brown.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 12 March 1901
Date home: 30 July 1902
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901, 1902 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 5 August 1902
Place: Aldershot
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: 65 Abercorn Road, Londonderry
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: Shirt cutter
Chambers later served in the North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry and the North Irish Horse, seeing service in France with the latter regiment and with the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, during the First World War. Further details can be found here.
Sergeant Chambers in the North Irish Horse, 1912
First image from the Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 23 March 1901.
This page last updated 6 December 2024.