Private

In the British Army, a private (Pte) equates to both OR-1 and OR-2 on the NATO scale, although there is no difference in rank. Privates wear no insignia. Many regiments and corps use other distinctive and descriptive names instead of private, some of these ranks have been used for centuries, others are less than 100 years old.[2] In the contemporary British Armed Forces, the army rank of private is broadly equivalent to able seaman in the Royal Navy, aircraftman, leading aircraftman and senior aircraftman in the Royal Air Force, and marine (Mne) or bandsman, as appropriate equivalent rank in the Royal Marines. The term as a military rank seems to come from the Sixteenth Century when individuals had the privilege of enlisting or making private contracts to serve as private soldiers in military units.

Private Samuel Fensome

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Details imported from Luton Absent Voters list and the National Archives.

Samuel's Army Service Record can be found at the National Archives. It shows that he was a farm labourer before the war, son of Joseph Fensome of Upper Woodside. He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment in February 1916 aged 36 years, 11 months and in March 1917 was sent to France with the Labour Corps.

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