The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H Edwards

Private Hugh EDWARDS, 11201, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Walthamstow, Essex, enlisted 22nd November 1915, Fulham, age 19, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 98lbs, resided 2 Gunterstone Road, West Kensington. Formerly clerk.

Home, 22nd November 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF, 19th May 1916 to 28th June 1916; Home, 29th June 1916 to 8th August 1916.

22nd November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th July 1916 to 27th July 1916, Military Hospital Lewisham, valvular disease of heart mitral.

8th August 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 5/- a week, for 12 months, conditional.

3rd July 1920, Hugh Edwards is an inmate of Sevenoaks Asylum.

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