The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte G Edwards

Private George EDWARDS, 387, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Deptford, Kent, enlisted 1st September 1914, Greenwich, age 38, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 128lbs. Formerly gas stoker.

Previously served Royal West Kent Regiment, 10 years, time expired.

Husband of Clara Elizabeth Edwards, (nee Bransbury), 42 Baildon Street, Deptford, SE. Married 10th August 1898, Deptford.

Children - Catherine Elizabeth Pretoria?, born 21st August 1900, Deptford; Helen? Edwards, born 2nd January 1902, Deptford; Minnie Matilda Edwards, born 9th March 1916, Deptford; Emma Violet Edwards, born 5th June 1918, Deptford; Arthur William Edwards, born 15th October 1910?, Deptford; Robert John Edward, born 2nd November 1912, Deptford; James Edward Edwards, born 8th January 1915, Greenwich, deceased 25th March 1916, age 15 months, Evelina Hospital, bronchial pneumonia / congenital heart disease.

Home, 1st September 1914 to 4th July 1916.

1st September 1914, enlisted; 3rd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th December 1914, awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.2. for absence; 12th February 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1915, forfeits 8 days pay; 13th March 1916, forfeits 6 days pay; 25th March 1916, posted 1st Home Station, Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th April 1916 to 12th May 1916, Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, pneumonia; 13th May 1916 to 1st June 1916, Great Hermitage, Higham, nr Rochester, pneumonia, bronchitis; 1st June 1916, Fort Pitt Hospital Chatham, chronic bronchitis, emphysema.

4th July 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Gratuity of £30, application for pension rejected.

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