The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H Edwards

Private Henry EDWARDS, 12465, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Brandon, Suffolk, enlisted 29th November 1915, Sevenoaks, Kent, age 30, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 137lbs, resided 15 Lime Tree Walk, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly vanman.

Next of Kin (sister) - Louisa Edwards, 105 Thogay Street, Mill Road, Cambridge.

Home, 29th November 1915 to 15th June 1916; BEF, 16th June 1916 to 19th July 1916; Home, 20th July 1916 to 18th September 1916; BEF, 19th September 1916 to 2nd December 1916; Home, 3rd December 1916 to 31st January 1917.

29th November 1915, enlisted; 29th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 1st March 1916, mobilized; 3rd March t1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left arm, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1916 to 16th August 1916, Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, gun shot wound left arm, right shoulder; 27th August 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, posted BEF; 18th November 1916, posted missing in the Field; 21st November 1916, 1st General Hospital, Etratrat, gun shot wound, neck, shoulder, arm ; 3rd December 1916, Hospital Ship to UK; 3rd December 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th December 1916 to 16th December 1916, War Hospital, Guildford, gun shot wound, neck arm left hand and shoulder; 10th January 1917, Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington; 2nd February 1917, War Badge & Certificate sent out; 6th June 1917, War Badge & Certificate received as recovering from wounds.

31st January 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 5/- a week for 6 months, conditional.

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