The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Pte B Baker
Private Benjamin BAKER, 5602, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Enlisted 27th January 1915, London, age 24, height 5ft 7 inches, resided 64 Tachbrook Street, Victoria SW / 119 Rockingham Street, London, SE1. Formerly waiter.
Husband of Jean Mable Baker, (nee White), 64 Tachbrook Street, Victoria SW. / 164 Albany Street, Regents Park, NW. Married 10th July 1910, St Pauls Church, Southwark.
Child - Benjamin Baker, born 13th March 1911.
Home, 27th January 1915 to 21st June 1915; BEF, 22nd June 1915 to 27th March 1916; Home, 28th March 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF, 3rd October 1916 to 2nd November 1916; Home, 3rd November 1916 to 1st November 1917.
5th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th March 1916, wounded gun shot wound buttock; 28th March 1916, posted Depot; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, awarded by Commanding Officer, 21 days Field Punishment No.2. for absence; 3rd October 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Infantry Base; 3rd November 1916, posted Depot.
1st November 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.
Pension of 27/6 for 4 weeks then 13/9 to be reviewed in 52 weeks. Disability, shell wound left arm fractured humerus.
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