The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl H G Laming

Lance Corporal Henry George LAMING, 5711, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 10th February 1915, Camberwell, age 34, height 5ft 7½ inches, resided 14 Ashbury Road, Peckham, SE. Formerly baker.

Husband of Ada Sarah Laming, (nee Cowland, spinster), married 25th December 1903, St Luke's Church, Deptford, SE.

Home, 10th February 1915 to 28th June 1915; BEF, 29th June 1915 to 21st October 1915; Home, 22nd October 1915 to 22nd December 1915; BEF, 23rd December 1915 to 6th October 1916; Home, 7th October 1916 to 16th June 1917.

10th February 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th June 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1915, wounded in action, gun shot wound, ankle; 9th October 1915, 1 Casualty Clearing Station; 11th October 1915, 4 General Hospital, Versailles; 18th October 1915, to England, Hospital Ship "St Andrew"; 18th November 1915, posted; 23rd December 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 7th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

16th June 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 27/6 a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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