The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte F Ladd

Private Frederick LADD, 8960, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Kentish Town?, London, Middlesex, enlisted 4th May 1908, Gravesend, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 9½ inches, weight 144lbs, resided 26 Pier Road, Gillingham, Kent / 3 Millburn Road, Gillingham, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home, 4th May 1908 to 1st December 1908; India, 2nd December 1908 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 1st February 1915 to 26th July 1915; India, 27th July 1915 to 7th November 1916; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 8th November 1916 to 3rd March 1919; en route to UK, 4th March 1919 to 8th April 1919; Home, 9th April 1919 to 8th May 1919.

4th May 1908, enlisted into Royal Regiment of Artillery RH & RFA; 5th May 1908, request from recruit to be transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, agreed, 7 years with the colours & 5 in the Reserve; posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd December 1908, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

8th May 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 5/6 a week from 9th May 1919, to be reviewed in 52 weeks. Disability, malaria & dysentery.

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