The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte C E Flodin

Private Charles Edward FLODIN, 2732, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Silvertown, Essex, enlisted 9th September 1914, Woolwich, age 24, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 147lbs, resided 8 Stanley Street, New Bickton, London, E16 / 54 High Street, North Woolwich. Formerly labourer.

Husband of Jennie Flodin, address unknown.

Home, 9th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 12th November 1916; Home, 13th November 1916 to 30th May 1917; BEF, 31st May 1917 to 12th September 1917; 12th September 1917, wounded (gas), struck off strength & proceeded to England; Home, 13th September 1917 to 3rd September 1918.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th July to 27th July 1915, Connaught Hospital; 20th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1917, Eastleigh Military Hospital, gas poisoning; 21st September 1917, transferred to Mile End Military Hospital; 27th October 1917, furlough from Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London.

3rd September 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

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