The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte F E Fardon

Private Francis Emanuel FARDON, 1431, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Custom House, London, Essex, enlisted 3rd September 1914, Canning Town, age 27, height 58ft 10½ inches, weight 132lbs, resided 27 Chandler Road, Custom House, E16. Formerly labourer.

Son of Elizabeth Ackhurst, West Ham Union Workhouse. Brother John James Fardon, Leslie Road, Custom House, London, Essex.

Home, 3rd September 1914 to 24th August 1915; BEF, 25th August 1915 to 3rd December 1916; Home, 4th December 1916 to 1st June 1917.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th August 1915, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th November 1916, wounded; 4th December 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th May 1917, Northamptonshire War Hospital, Duston, Northampton, discharge approved.

1st June 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 27/6 a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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