The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte G Bance

Private George BANCE, 11176, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 20th November 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 2 inches, resided 14 Rock Road, Boro Green, Kent / 15 Rock Road, Boro Green, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Husband of Catherine Margaret Bance, (nee Webb), 14 Rock Road, Boro Green, Kent. Married 13th November 1915, Platt, Kent.

Home, 20th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 7th August 1917; Home, 8th August 1917 to 19th November 1917; BEF, 20th November 1917 to 5th June 1918; Home, 6th June 1918 to 23rd December 1918.

31st July 1917, wounded; multiple gun shot wounds; 22nd February 1918, wounded, gun shot wounds, compound fracture left femur, wounded face & forearm; 5th October to 15th October 1917, furlough from hospital.

23rd December 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 27/6 a week to be reviewed in 26 weeks, for 100% disability, gun shot wound to face, loss of eye, wounded thigh and forearm.

This page was last updated on 07-Dec-2015.