13715 WW1 1914/15 STAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL PERKINS ESSEX REG
Harry Perkins from Upton Park served with the 10th Essex, 18th (Eastern) Division, under the regimental number 13715. Like 13718 Pte William George Lewis Napper (a carman from Islington, only 3 service numbers away, 10th then 11th battalion) he probably enlisted on or around 7 or 8 September 1914 at Finsbury or City Road barracks.
He went overseas on 25 July 1915. At some point he was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal. The 10th battalion attacked south west of Montauban on the Somme on 1 July 1916, suffering 30 men killed in action and 156 wounded. Pte Perkins appeared on War Office Daily List 28/07/1916 (suggesting a wounded in action date between 1 and 4 July 1916), in the same list as (3/)2037 Lance Corporal Bernard Parry, 2nd Essex and 18969 Pte Clement Peacock, 9th Essex (wounded in action on 1 July and 3 July 1916, respectively).
After a presumed period of recovery, he then transferred to a Territorial Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry - probably, like 282505 Pte Albert Maisey, the 2/7th (Blythswood City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (as 282507). Going overseas once again some time presumably after March 1917 and the Territorial Force infantry renumbering, he featured again as wounded on War Office daily list No.5567 for 16/05/1918, suggesting he was wounded some time in the course of the German Spring offensive. His HLI battalion is not recorded but was probably the 18th, like 33217 Pte R Andrew and 36375 Pte D Brown (wounded 26 and 28 March 1918 respectively and both on the same casualty list as Pte Perkins). Pte Perkins was subsequently transferred again, this time to the Machine Gun Corps (149404) - transferring some time before 30 May 1918, probably like 149393 Pte Percy Orgles, 58th Battalion MGC, around 28 May 1918.
He was finally discharged to the Army 'Z' Reserve on 11 May 1919.
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