The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Gallop

Private Frederick GALLOP, 8106, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 11th June 1915, Bromley, Kent, age 27, height 5ft 2 inches, resided Mordan Road?, Westerham, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Next of Kin (brother), Charles Gallop, Sundridge, near Sevenoaks, Kent.

Home, 11th June 1915 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 5th July 1916; Home, 6th July 1916 to 16th November 1916; Home, 17th November 1916 to 17th March 1917.

11th June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 6th July 1916, wounded, slight; 6th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st August 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1916, posted Infantry Base Depot; 5th September 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1916, wounded, compound fracture, left elbow; 17th November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

17th March 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 18/9 a week for 6 months, conditional.

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