The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Booker

Private Frederick BOOKER, 4693, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 28th November 1914, Bromley, Kent, age 34, height 5ft 9 inches, resided 6 Castle Road, Swanley Junction, Kent. Formerly carman. Deformed little finger on left hand.

Husband of Emily Elizabeth Booker, (nee Hills), 6 Castle Road, Swanley Junction, Kent. Married Crockenhill, Kent.

Children - Frederick Booker, born 12th July 1901, Crockenhill, Kent; Edith Booker, born 5th October 1903, Crockenhill, Kent; Ethel Booker, born 23rd October 1905, Crockenhill, Kent; Julia Booker, born 7th December 1911, Crockenhill, Kent; Emily Ellen Booker deceased, 2nd January 1916, Farningham, Kent, 2 months old.

28th November 1914, enlisted, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 11th May 1915, wounded, shell wound, left foot; 31st May 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

24th March 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 12/6 a week for 6 months conditional.

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