The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cpl J H Fathers

Corporal John Henry FATHERS, 7879, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Greenwich, Kent, enlisted 6th October 1904, New Cross, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 128lbs, resided 4 Bronze Street, Deptford, SE8 / 148 Church Street, Deptford, SE8. Formerly fishmonger.

Husband of Mrs Elizabeth Fathers, (nee Hines, widow), 11 Seaside Villas, Portslade, Sussex. Married 2nd December 1918, Kingston by Sea, Sussex

Child - Albert Henry William Hines, (mothers maiden name Brown), born 13th April 1916, Winchester, Sussex. Illegitimate.

Home, 6th October 1904 to 3rd November 1905; Hong Kong, 4th November 1905 to 27th November 1906; Singapore, 28th November 1906 to 6th December 1908; India 7th December 1908 to 6th August 1912; Home, 7th August 1912 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 9th August 1917; Home, 10th August 1917 to 3rd March 1919.

6th October 1904, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th January 1905, posted Provisional Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1905, posted 2nd Battalion; 30th March 1906, permitted to extend his service to complete 8 years with the Colours on receipt of a bounty of £15; 30th July 1906, appointed Lance Corporal; 21st February 1908, appointed Corporal; 26th February 1910, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 12th July 1910, extended his service to complete 12 years with the colours; 30th September 1911, Master Cook after qualifying at School of Cookery, India; 7th August 1912, transferred to Army Reserve Sect B, on conversion of service at own request on payment of £10; 12th December 1912, registered for employment with R.S.O. Woolwich; 5th August 1914, mobilised; 6th August 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1914, Lance Sergeant, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th October 1914, deprived of Lance Stripe; 28th April 1915, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 19th November 1915, wounded, slight; 24th November 1915, absent from Company Parade at 12.20pm, reprimanded; 4th December 1915, reduced to rank of Corporal; 3rd January 1916, awaiting trial 10 days,; 12th January 1916, When on Active Service, striking a soldier, sentence, to be reduced to the ranks, 28 days Field Punishment No.1.; 23rd January 1916, sentence remitted and returned to duty; 17th March 1916, wounded, gun shot wound hand; 20th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th May 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 22nd June 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 4th September 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 17th December 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th December 1916, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1917, confirmed in rank of Corporal; 10th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1918, bounty allowed £20; 31st March 1918, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 23rd July 1918, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, permanent staff; 8th December 1918, Shoreham by Sea, overstaying his pass from midnight until 22.00 9th December 1918, reprimanded, forfeits 2? days pay; 22nd January 1919, ceased to be attached Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 24th January 1919, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

3rd March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 8 pence a day for life.

This page was last updated on 23-Jun-2013.