The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cpl H J Stannard

Corporal Henry Joseph STANNARD, 4755, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Mayfair, Middlesex, enlisted 10th September 1914, 188 Hammersmith Road, age 24, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 131lbs, resided 208 Sandycombe Road, Richmond, Surrey / 3 College Square, Longworth, Berkshire / 194 Beloyn? Road, Forest Gate, E7. Formerly salesman.

Husband of Edith Mary Stannard, (nee Truman, spinster) married 8th September 1914, Register Office, Richmond, Surrey.

Home, 10th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 29th September 1915; Home, 30th September 1915 to 22nd December 1915; BEF, 23rd December 1915 to 28th June 1916; Home, 29th June 1916 to 25th May 1918.

10th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 26th September 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, left shoulder; 16th November 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; December 1915, promoted Corporal; 23rd December 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd February 1916, wounded & gassed; 23rd June 1916, wounded; 29th June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th April 1918 to 25th May 1918, Southern General Hospital, Bristol.

25th May 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 30/- a week for 9 weeks, then 18/- a week to be reviewed in 17 weeks, conditional.

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