The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J Lineham

Private John LINEHAM, 417, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born St James, Middlesex, enlisted 3rd September 1914, London, age 31, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 162lbs. Formerly motor driver & tyre fitter.

Previously served 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Husband of Bertha Emma Caroline Lineham, (nee Kuhlmann, spinster), married 18th July 1906, Parish Church, St Martins in the Field.

Child - John Frederick Lineham, born 4th September 1912?

Home, 3rd September 1914 to 18th January 1915; BEF, 19th January 1915 to 28th April 1915; Home, 29th April 1915 to 14th June 1916.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th January 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th April 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, head; 29th April 1915, to England; 19th May 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th March 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 14th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

14th June 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 18/9 a week for 6 months conditional.

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