The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Pte F Draper
Private Frank DRAPER, 12074, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Enlisted 23rd November 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 23, height 5ft 10 inches, resided 9 York Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly labourer.
Next of Kin (sister) - Violet Draper, 9 York Road, Northfleet, Kent.
Home, 23rd November 1915 to 3rd July 1916; BEF, 3rd July 1916 to 1st October 1916; Home, 2nd October 1916 to 19th October 1917.
23rd November 1915, enlisted & transferred to Army Reserve; 9th February 1916, transferred from Army Reserve; 10th February 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th September 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, right hand; 2nd October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 12th June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.
19th October 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued
Pension 27/6 for 4 weeks, then 11/- to be reviewed in 48 weeks. Disability, gun shot wound, right hand.
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