Herewith:
Under Regiments
He wasn’t promoted Serjeant until he was in the Labour Corps. If you put that against 156 Company then you should put his other promotions against the relevant units or alternatively, as you have them later, leave the ranks off this part.
Insert Company between 156th and Labour and between 175th and Labour
Under Service history
Although not recorded it seems clear from the dates that he enlisted under the Derby Scheme in Dec 1915, makes clear he was a volunteer.
2-27 March he was at the Depot of the Berkshire Regiment at Reading doing his basic training.
Delete “possibly compulsorily”. (That had been my first thought but later corrected – 12 Bn DCLI disbanded to become part of the Labour Corps so he had to go somewhere!):
Transferred to 156th Company Labour Corps. (Company numbers come first)
Re-word: 12th Battalion DCLI became 156 and 157 Companies of the Labour Corps and so ceased to exist from May 1917. The Labour Corps itself had been formed in January 1917.
12/18 156th Company Labour Corps(Company numbers come first)
16 Sep 18 - the Boulogne reference is leave to UK via Boulogne
15 Mar 1919 – he was posted to 175 from 156 – the “possibly compulsorily” is redundant
12 8 19 leave was to UK
He was discharged in UK at Crystal Palace on 12 Sep 19, the 7 Sep 19 Maubeuge document was the beginning of the admin process in France.
You don't record his employment (as Roadman) anywhere
Medical category B2 -
http://epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/MedicalCategories.htmlMaxD