The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G J Fewell

Private George James FEWELL, S/9068, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds received in action, 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 4th October 1917.

Born Crayford, Kent.

25th March 1894, St Paulinus, Crayford, Kent, baptism of George James Fewell, son of Arthur, Fewell, (butcher), & Mary Fewell, (nee Prior), of Upton's Builldings.

Enlisted 16th March 1914, Woolwich, Kent, age 19 years & 21 days, height 5ft 1½ inches, weight 111 lbs, hazel eyes, brown hair. Formerly labourer in Tannery.

Next of Kin - Mrs Elizabeth Mary Pack, (married sister), 31 Duchetts Road, Crayford, Kent.

Home, 16th March 1914 to 7th November 1914; BEF, 8th November 1914 to 20th September 1916; Home, 21st September 1916 to 10th February 1917; BEF, 11th February 1917 to 4th October 1917.

16th March 1914, enlisted; 24th July 1914, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 8th August 1914, mobilized; 30th September 1914, absent from Parade, deprived 12 days pay; 6th November 1914, absent from parade, 3 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 3 days pay; 8th November 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th November 1914, landed 5 Infantry Base Depot; 2nd December 1914, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 18th April 1915, wounded, shrapnel wound to head; 19th April 1915, 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital, shrapnel wound to head; 26th April 1915, to Duty; 24th May 1915, rejoined Battalion, "D" Company; 19th February 1916, 13 Field Ambulance, N.Y.D. fever; 24th February 1916, Casualty Clearing Station; 28th February 1916, rejoined Battalion, "D" Company; 4th August 1916, In arrest; 9th August 1916, Tried by General Court Martial, Whilst on Active Service disobeying a lawful command given to him by his superior officer. Sentenced to 3 years penal servitude; 16th August 1916 sentence commuted to one year and suspended; 3rd September 1916, wounded, shell wound back; 5th September 1916, 14 Corps Dressing Station, to 20 Casualty Clearing Station; 5th September 1916, to 9 Ambulance Train; 20th September 1916, to England ex Hospital;

21st September 1916 to 29th September 1916, Eastern General Hospital, shell wound back; 3rd November 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th December 1916, deprived of 3 days pay; 5th January 1917, 10 days Field Punishment No.2. deprived of 5 days pay; 11th February 1917, posted BEF; 11th February 1917, embarked / disembarked; 6th March 1917, joined Battalion, "C"? Company; 5th April 1917, to "B" Company; 6th April 1917, Absent from Roll Call at 8.30pm until 8.15pm on 5th, 28 days Field Punishment No.2.; 5th June 1917, 6 Field Ambulance, bronchitis; 15th June 1917, rejoined Battalion, "B" Company; 1st August 1917, from Hospital, rejoined Battalion "B" Company; 30th September 1917, Whilst on Active Service, using insubordinate language to an NCO, 14 days Field Punishment No.2.; 3rd October 1917, wounded in action gun shot wounds, both hands, face and fractured right tibia; 4th October 1917, died of wounds.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XX. D. 20A, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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