The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte E H Davey

Private Ernest Henry DAVEY, 9156, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 19th July 1915, Lewisham, age 34, resided 7 Mays Flats, Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill. Formerly groundsman.

Married, 1 child.

Home 19th July 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 12th February 1917; Home, 13th February 1917 to 31st August 1917; BEF, 1st September 1917 to 26th September 1917; Home, 27th September 1917 to 18th February 1918.

19th July 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th February 1917, wounded, gun shot wound right eye; 13th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 20th September 1917, wounded, gun shot wound left hand; 29th September 1917, admitted Leicester Hospital.

28th January 1918, Medical Board, Leicester, approved discharge.

18th February 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 13/9 a week to be reviewed in 33 weeks.

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