The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl W W H J Norris

Lance Corporal William Worthington Hadley James NORRIS, 8235, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 14th June 1915, age 20, height 58ft 10½ inches, resided 16 Duke Street, Deal, Kent / 36 Coombe Terrace, Lewes Road, Brighton, Sussex. Formerly decorator.

Son of Mr E T Norris.

Home, 14th June 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 29th September 1916; Home, 30th September 1916 to 2nd January 1918.

14th June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th August 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th November 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 16th September 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, right leg; 30th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th December 1917, St Georges Hospital, London, Medical Board.

2nd January 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 27/6 a week for 9 weeks then 16/6 a week for life. Disability, gun shot wound right leg, amputation right thigh.

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