The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H A Fancett

Private Herbert Arthur FANCETT, 10360, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 25th October 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 29, resided Chapel Estate, East Farleigh, Kent. Formerly horsekeeper.

Home, 25th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 11th February 1917; Home, 12th February 1917 to 13th June 1917; BEF, 14th June 1917 to 7th August 1917; Home, 8th August 1917 to 7th May 1918.

25th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th October 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 12th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th April 1918, County of Middlesex War Hospital.

7th May 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 11/- for 22 weeks, disability, mental instability.

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