The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private A T Canning
Private Alfred Thomas CANNING, 9088, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Born 17th January 1894, enlisted 20th July 1915, East Ham, age 21, height 5ft 5 inches, resided 65 High Street, North Woolwich, Essex / 7 Lloyd Villas, Roman Road, East Ham, Essex / 14 Fabian Street, Roman Road, East Ham, Essex. Formerly cable hand / coal trimmer.
Son of William Canning, 7 Lloyd Villas, Roman Road, East Ham, Essex.
Home, 20th July 1915 to 22nd December 1915; BEF, 23rd December 1915 to 25th October 1918; Home, 26th October 1918 to 29th April 1919.
20th July 1915, enlisted and posted Depot; 24th July 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd December 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th April 1916, Field General Court Martial, when a soldier acting as a sentinel, whilst on Active Service, fell asleep on his post, found guilty and sentenced to death; 14th April 1916, sentence commuted by General Office Commanding to 5 years penal servitude and suspended; 7th November 1917, mentioned in dispatches; 9th October 1918, wounded; 26th October 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th April 1919, Special Military Surgical Hospital, Shepherds Bush.
29th April 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued
Debility 40%, gun shot wounds, left ankle & right knee.
Pension 11/- a week from 30th April 1919, to be reviewed in 52 weeks.
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