The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte E F Day

Private Edward Filmer DAY, 11017, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born 7th September 1896, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, enlisted 31st August 1915, Woolwich, age 18, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 111lbs, resided 46 / 48 / 57 High Street, Greenhithe, Kent. Formerly drillers labourer.

Son of Edith & Edward Day, 46 High Street, Greenhithe, Kent.

Home, 31st August 1915 to 9th August 1916; BEF, 10th August 1916 to 30th December 1918; Home, 1st January 1919 to 26th March 1919.

31st August 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th September 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th August 1916, Infantry Base BEF; 12th August 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th October 1916, Thiepval, France, missing (captured 30th September 1916 after being wounded), Prisoner of War Germany; 31st December 1918, repatriated at Hull & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 8/3 a week for 26 weeks, conditional, disability 30%, shrapnel wound, back of right shoulder.

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