The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C Paine

Private Clarence PAINE, L/9646, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 24th January 1916.

Born Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, son of Henry & Caroline Paine, High House, Ebony Stone, Tenterden, Kent. February 1917, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent.

1896 December, Tenterden Registration District, Caroline Paine married Henry Arthur W Moore.

Enlisted Tenterden, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 112lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, scar on right knee, scar on left knee. Formerly agricultural labourer.

Home, 24th July 1911 to 23rd October 1913; India, 24th October 1913 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 1st February 1915 to 24th January 1916.

24th July 1911, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1911 to 29th October 1911, Maidstone, sprained ankle; 20th November 1911, posted Dublin & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1912, Dublin, dirty buttons and trousers on guard mounting parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 7th June 1912, Kilbride, talking on parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 2nd August 1912, Dublin, absent from piquet, 5 days confined to Barracks; 21st December 1912, passed a Course of Instruction on Transport Duties; 16th February 1913, Dublin, slackness whilst a sentry on guard, 5 days confined to Barracks & 1 extra guard; 7th March 1913 to 1st April 1913, Dublin, impetigo contagious; 8th April 1913, Dublin, not falling in on parade when ordered to do so, 7 days confined to Barracks; 22nd October 1913, posted India & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st November 1913, improper conduct while on sentry, singing, 7 days confined to Barracks; 31st January 1914, Multan, being in bed after Reveille, 3 days confined to Barracks; 17th March 1914, Multan, failing to parade at Reveille, when ordered to do so, 5 days confined to Barracks; 18th April 1914, Dalhouise, slackness on guard, 5 days confined to Barracks and one extra guard; 13th May 1914, Dalhouise, slackness on guard mounting parade, 5 extra guards; 31st January 1915, Karachi, embarked; 6th February 1915, Basrah, disembarked; 25th May 1915, making a complaint about his rations without cause, 5 days confined to Barracks; 27th July 1915, Nasiriyah, admitted to hospital, put under observation; 4th August 1915, discharged from hospital; 22nd January 1916, Kut al Amarah, wounded in action, gunshot wound to head, penetrating, died in British General Hospital.

2nd June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Henry Moore, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent; Mother, Caroline Moore, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent; Brothers - none; Half Brothers, none; Sisters - Elizabeth Jane Moore, age 21,Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent; Violet Moore, age 19, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent; Lily Moore, age 14, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent; Dorothy Moore, age 11, Barnleigh Farm, Hamenbury, Staplehurst, Kent.

Buried at Kut War Cemetery, F. 9., Iraq.

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