The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A Francis

Private Arthur Ernest FRANCIS, 7774, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Sevenoaks, Kent, enlisted 28th July 1904, Sevenoaks, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 126lbs, resided 15 Honiton Street, Peckham, SE. Formerly carman / gas stoker.

Son of ???? Francis, Otford Road Gasworks, Sevenoaks, Kent; brother William, Hayes Road, Bromley, Kent, brother Sydney & sister Nelly with father.

Husband of Florence Francis (nee Haxton), married 15th February 1908, Baptist Chapel, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Previously served 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, purchase.

Home, 28th July 1904 to 2nd November 1904; Hong Kong, 3rd November to 24th April 1905; China, 25th April 1905 to 29th January 1907; Home, 30th January 1907 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 1st September 1914; Home, 2nd September 1914 to 10th November 1914.

28th July 1904, enlisted, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1904, posted Provisional Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd November 1904, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1907, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th July 1907, posted Army Reserve; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914 to 7th October 1914, 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, flat feet;

10th November 1914, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Disability, flat feet. Date and place of disability, 1905, Peking. Not the result of or aggravated by Military Service.

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