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Can anyone tell me what the disability is please?

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hotchoc

hotchoc Report 21 Oct 2022 22:03

Eli Richard Moore
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Disability
Birth Date: 1899
Residence Place: Whittington Litchfield
Military Service Region: West Midlands, Midlands
Military Country: England
Discharge Date: 5 Mar 1920
Service Number: 91256
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Durham Light Infantry
Service Branch: Military (Army)
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 21 Oct 2022 23:45

The full record is available on Fold3, via Ancestry.
You can get a 7-day free trial to Fold3 - just remember to cancel it in good time, if you don't want to be charged for a full subscription.

It couldn't have been a serious or long-term disability, as in 1939 he was working as a boiler attendant.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 21 Oct 2022 23:52

In 1921 he's in Whittington with John 1859, Catherine 1871, Cecil 1901, Charles 1911, Cyril 1916, Ernest 1908, Frederick 1903, Henry Baden 1905, James 1891, Joseph 1904, Margaret 1918, Arthur 1911, and William George 1894.
All surnamed Moore.

However, I don't have a sub to FMP to see if it mentions a disability.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 22 Oct 2022 08:58

The 1921 census doesn't mention a disability and he is working as a collier (coal miner) at Tamworth Colliery at Alvecote so as ArgyllGran has already said, it can't have been a serious disability.

Kath. x

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 22 Oct 2022 11:22

Ahh thank you so mush for your replies! very kind x

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 21 Nov 2022 16:54

in case you have not found it, his disability was Corneal Opacity right eye