The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A W Flack

Private Alfred William FLACK, 5621, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 30th January 1915, Finsbury Barracks, age 19, height 5ft 5½ inches, resided 22 Great Charles Street, Hoxton, N. Formerly porter.

Son of Alfred Flack, 22 Great Charles Street, Hoxton, N.

30th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th February 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th to 20th May 1915, absent; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 1st December 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th April 1916, forfeits 6 days pay and deprived of a further 12 days pay, by Commanding Officer for absence; 29th April 1916, awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer for absence etc and forfeits 20 days pay; 21st July 1916, posted Infantry Base, BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th May 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th June 1917, 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, discharge approved.

28th June 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

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