The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte C F Edge

Private Christopher Frederick EDGE, 3161, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Bucknall, Oxfordshire, enlisted 10th September 1914, Marylebone, age 20, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 156lbs. Formerly footman.

Son of Frederick Edge, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

Home, 10th September 19147 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 21st June 1916; Home, 22nd June 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF, 3rd October 1916 to 11th March 1917; Home, 12th March 1917 to 13th June 1917; Home, 14th June 1917 to 2nd August 1917; Home, 3rd August 1917 to 24th June 1918.

10th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th June 1916, wounded, gas; 22nd June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, awarded 28 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer for absence; 3rd October 1916, Infantry Base, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1917, admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff; 9th to 20th November 1917, furlough from 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, staying at 34 High Street, Amersham, Buckinghamshire; 20th November 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 15th January 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

24th June 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 22/- a week to be reviewed in 35 weeks.

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