The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cpl M Fitzgerald

Corporal Mortimer FITZGERALD, 9267, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born St George's, London, enlisted 22nd August 1914, Chatham, Kent, age 17 (born 22nd April 1895), height 5ft 2 inches, weight 100lbs, resided 36 Chaucer Road / 29 Rose Street, Rochester, Kent.

Son of Jack Fitzgerald, Rowton House, Fieldgate, London.

Husband of Carrie Isabel Fitzgerald, 44 Castle Avenue, Rochester, Kent. Married 5th June 1922, Rochester, Kent.

Child - Eileen Mary Fitzgerald, born 24th February 1927, Gillingham, Kent. Baptised 10th April 1927, Gillingham, Kent.

Home, 22nd August 1914 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 27th September 1918; Home, 28th September 1918 to 1st May 1919.

22nd August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th ??? 1916, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 13th September 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 25th April 1918, wounded; 4th May 1918, promoted Corporal; 28th September 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st October 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1918, attached No.1. Rest Camp,. Folkestone; 25th January 1919, overstaying his pass, admonished & forfeits one days pay.

1st May 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 6/- a week for 52 weeks conditional. Disability, Otitis media (an infection of the middle ear), 20% disability.

5th January 1927 re-enlisted into Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC), Territorial Army, 7583241, born St George in the East, London, age 32, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 131lbs. Posted 44th Unit as clerk. 1928,1929, 1930 & 1931 excused Annual Training. 4th January 1932 discharged.

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