The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J Bailey

Private John BAILEY, 287, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Lambeth, Surrey, enlisted 31st August 1914, Tonbridge, Kent, age 35, height 5ft 6 inches. Formerly gardener.

Husband of Emily Bailey, (nee Allen), 3 Ponds Cottages, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent. Married 8th April 1905, Register Office, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Child - John William Frankforth Bailey, born 18th January 1906, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Previously served 12 years in Royal West Kent Regiment.

Home, 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 16th October 1915; Home, 17th October 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

31st August 1914, posted Depot; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, back, amputated left leg; 17th October 1915, posted Depot.

22nd July 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

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