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Private Frederick Percy FAUX, 25494, Depot, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 17th February 1917, Mill Hill, London, age 20, height 6ft, resided 2 South Ireland Place, Brixton, SW. Formerly porter.

Son of Henry Faux, 2 South Ireland Place, Brixton, SW.

Formerly served Royal Marine Artillery (13781), 2 years 25 days, discharged 13th December 1916. Medically unfit?

Home, 17th February 1917 to 21st July 1917; India, 22nd July 1917 to 23rd January 1918 ;  MEF, 24th January 1918 to 20th June 1918; en route to India, 21st June 1918 to 26th June 1918 ; India, 27th June 1918 to 24th July 1918; en route to England, 25th July 1918 to 18th August 1918;  Home, 19th August 1918 to 5th September 1919.

17th February 1917, enlisted & posted Middlesex Regiment; 25th February 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th March 1917, Rochester, refusing to obey a order; 26th March 1917, Rochester, awaiting Trial to 2nd April 1917, whilst on active service disobeying a lawful command given by his superior officer. Sentenced to 56 days detention, 14 days awarded remitted; 10th April 1917, to Detention Barracks Wandsworth; 11th May 1917, released from Detention Barracks, remission earned 3 days out of 7; 24th June 1917, Fort Horsted, overstaying his pass from Tattoo until 6.30am on 26th June 1917, deprived of 6 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 22nd July 1917, posted India; 9th September 1917, absent from church parade, 2 days confined to Barracks; 24th January 1918, embarked Bombay; 30th January 1918, disembarked Basra; 23rd February 1918, joined Unit; 3rd May 1918, admitted No.3. BG Hospital, Basra, not yet diagnosed, mental; 31st May 1918, discharged No.3. BG Hospital, Basra, no apparent distress.


5th June 1918, Margil, Basra, incised wound on left wrist, caused by a razor. The wound it is reported was self inflicted . It is not of a serious nature. Trial pending.

Statement regarding the injury to No.25494 Pte F P Faux, 1/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment which occurred on 5th June 1918 at No.1. B.B.D.

1st Witness, No. 34241 L/Cpl A Fullerton, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry states : At No.1. B.B.D. on 5th June 1918 at about 12.30pm to 1.00pm I entered my hut and I saw Pte. Faux sitting on his bed which is next to time, in a crouched position. I crossed to another bed to get a magazine from Pte. Coleman & while looking at it I glanced over towards Pte Faux & saw some blood on the floor. I went over to him and saw that he had a razor in his right hand which I took from him. He had a large cut across his left wrist & there was a considerable amount of blood on the floor. I tied up his arm and took him to the medical hut. He had been very strange for some days previously, refused to eat or talk. On the way to the medical hut, he remarked "he was tired of it all".

2nd Witness, No.6350 Corporal J Crundwell, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, states: At No.1. B.B.D. on 5th June 1918 at about 12.30pm I was in my hut & Lance Corporal Fullerton called me to come over to Pte. Faux. I went over & saw Pte. Faux sitting on his bed with his left wrist badly cut. He had been very strange in his behaviour all the morning and would eat no food & walked about in a sort of dazed state. I reported his manner during the morning & he would have been sent sick at the afternoon sick parade.

3rd Witness, Capt. J Liddell, R.A.M.C. states: At No.1. B.B.D. on 5th June 1918 at about 12.30pm I was called over to the medical hut to attend to Pte. Faux. He was suffering from a wound on the left wrist, which was reported to me as a self inflicted wound. I sent him in to hospital.

4th Witness, No.25494 Pte, F P Faux  1/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment states: I do not know why I sut my wrist. I was worried. I am sorry I did it.


21st June 1918, posted 2nd Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th August 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment;

5th September 1919, discharged  as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 40/- a week,  to be reviewed in 29 weeks. Disability 100%, attributable, dementia praecox.

8th September 1919, Banstead Mental Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.


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