The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl A Flynn

Lance Corporal Albert FLYNN, 8183, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 27th May 1915, Camberwell, age 32, height 5ft 6 inches, resided 27 Brandon St, Walworth, S E / 2 Glasshouse Street, Vauxhall, SW. Formerly dealer.

Next of kin (sister) - Mrs Florence ??????, 170 Weedington Road, Kentish Town. / Miss F Stone, 6 Canonbury Park ????, Islington.

Home, 27th May 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 21st November 1918; Home, 22nd November 1918 to 2nd July 1919.

27th May 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th January 1916, overstaying his pass from 11.59 pm and remaining absent until reporting himself at 9.30pm on 1st February 1916, admonished & forfeits 7 days pay for absence; 15th September 1916, wounded; 18th June 1917, wounded, gun shot wound left arm; 9th August 1917, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 20th September 1917, wounded at duty; posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; Prisoner of War; 22nd November 1918, repatriated at Hull & posted Depot

2nd July 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 5/6 a week for 52 weeks to be reviewed. Disability 20%

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