The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte G H Oram

Private George Henry ORAM, 202361, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 4th August 1915, Swindon, Wiltshire, age 19, height 5ft, resided c/o Mr Watson, No.1, Wellington Street, Swindon, Wiltshire. Formerly rivet ?????.

Son of Albert James Oram & G Oram, 104, Gilmour Road, Thornby on Lees, Yorkshire.

Husband of Alice Mabel Oram, (nee Styles), married 10th September 1917, Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home, 4th August 1915 to 29th January 1916; BEF, 30th January 1916 to 21st September 1916; Home, 22nd September 1916 to 20th January 1919.

4th August 1915, enlisted & posted Gloucester Regiment (Gloster Bantam Battalion); 30th January 1916, posted BEF & 14th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment; 22nd September 1916, posted Home, under age; 25th October 1916, transferred to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd February 1917, posted 4th Battalion, (Reserves), Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th March 1918, release of soldier for shipbuilding; 9th April ? 1918, transferred to Reserves Class "P".

20th January 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Gratuity £21.

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