The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A G Waterhouse

Private Arthur George WATERHOUSE, 24264, (11955), Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 30th November 1915, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 4 inches, resided Clarence House, Etchingham, Sussex / 38 Nutley Lane, Reigate, Surrey / 33 Grange Road, Strood, Kent. Formerly clerk.

Son of John Job Waterhouse, 33 Grange Road, Strood, Kent.

Home, 30th November 1915 to 20th December 1916; BEF, 21st December 1916 to 7th February 1917; Home, 8th February 1917 to 24th August 1917.

30th November 1915, enlisted; 1st December 1915, to Army Reserve; 25th January 1916, mobilized from Army Reserve & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, transferred to Training Reserve, TR/10/5382; 1st September 1916, posted 22nd Battalion, Training Reserve; 21st December 1916, posted BEF; 21st December 1916, transferred to 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1916, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th February 1917 to 10th February 1917, Fort Pitt Hospital, transferred to VAD; 12th February 1917 to 16th June 1919, ???? VAD, Trench Feet. Toe amputated 1st May 1917, as gangerous.

26th June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

24th August 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 8/3 a week, to be reviewed in 26 weeks. Disability Trench foot & frostbite, one toe amputated.

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