Name
Jeffrey George Flint
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
178312
332 Labour Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Jeffrey Flint was born in the summer of 1881 at Leavesden, and was christened Geoffrey. He was one of nine children (four sons and five daughters) born to Reuben and Emily Flint. Reuben Flint worked as a Stationary Engine Stoker. At the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at 46 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley, but Jeffrey had married on 21st June 1905 and moved to “Lynton”, Marlin Square with his wife Edith. Two children were born, a son in 1909 and a daughter in 1912. Jeffrey worked as a Bricklayer.
He attested on 19th September 1916 at Watford, and was classified B1 status at his Medical Examination as he was “tending to flat feet and had defective teeth”. On 22nd September 1916 Jeffrey was posted to the 29thBattalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He spent three days in hospital between 19th and 21st November 1916, and on 25th November was classified C2 by a Medical Board.
The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour listed him for the first time in December 1916. On 28th April 1917 Jeffrey was posted to 322 Labour Corps, where he remained for the rest of the War. He was listed in the Absent Voter Records of Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 serving with No 332 Works Company of the Labour Corps, and his address was given at Marlin Square, Abbots Langley. On 19th January 1919 Jeffrey was sent for dispersal, and was demobilised with a “Good Character” reference on 13th March 1919. He returned to “Lynton” Marlin Square, Abbots Langley.
Jeffrey Flint survived the War, as did his brothers Maurice and Leonard.
Additional Information
Formerly 29th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
