The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H E Dewing

Private Herbert Edward DEWING, 12126, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 28th November 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 7 inches, resided 24 Morning Terrace, Queens Road, Maidstone, Kent / 55 Thornhill Place, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Son of Thomas Dewing, 24 Morning Terrace, Queens Road, Maidstone, Kent.

28th November 1915, enlisted; 29th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th February 1916, mobilized & posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, posted BEF; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th October 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, right thigh; 7th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th March 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th March 1917, posted BEF; 3rd May 1917, missing, Prisoner of War; 14th December 1918, repatriated Dover.

17th December 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 8/3 a week for 26 weeks conditional, 30% disability, gun shot wound right thigh..

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