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The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private Arthur Lucious Ffloyd LANGLEY, 28961, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born 22nd November 1899, Chelsea, London, enlisted 22nd November 1917, age 18, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 104lbs, resided 26 Cottage Street, Dartford, Kent / 4 Barnaby Road, Rosherville, Kent. Formerly cement worker.

Son of Matilda Langley, 26 Cottage Street, Dartford, Kent.

Home, 22nd November 1917 to 26th February 1918.

22nd November 1917, deemed to have enlisted; 22nd December 1917, called up for Service; 24th December 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

4th February 1918, Rochester, Kent, Medical Report on an Invalid - this man states he has been weak all his life. This man is weak in body & mind, it has been found impossible to train him & he is unlikely to become an efficient soldier. Discharge as permanently unfit.

26th February 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued.

Gratuity of £7.10s, disability, mental debility, prevents 10%, neither due to or aggravated by Service.

Died September 1978, Dartford, Kent, age 78.

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