First World War - service record comment

[morris.merryweather]

Can you help me with the missing words. Does the rest look right?

'In arrest awaiting trial.
Freed by FG cm. ___ [?]
When in action ________ [?]
Discharge was a lawful
Command. Sentenced to be
[released/reduced*/returned?] to the ranks’

*He was a Corporal so perhaps 'reduced to the ranks' ?

[bbart]

I think line 4 is "when in active service".

Line 5 - "disobeying a lawful"

Last line is "reduced to the ranks".

[PurdeyB]

I think it read 'Tried' rather than 'Freed' and after 'active service' it reads 'disobeying a lawful command'.

[bbart]

From here: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/common-british-army-acronyms-and-abbreviations-of-the-first-world-war/

FGCM : Field General Court-Martial

No idea about the end bit though, unless it is an abbreviation for where the court martial was held.

[ShaunJ]

The "end bit" is "for"

[Bookbox]

For. = foreign. Court-martialled abroad, not at home.

[morris.merryweather]

Thanks! That all makes sense