The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J Lucas

Private John LUCAS, 6834, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 3rd June 1915, Tonbridge, Kent, age 24, height 5ft 4 inches, resided 19 George Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly carman.

Husband of Lilian Lucas, (nee Steers), married 5th October 1913, St Johns, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Children - Lilian Alice May Lucas, born 19th January 1914, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; John Reginald Lucas, born 8th July 1916, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home, 3rd June 1915 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 27th March 1916; Home, 28th March 1916 to 21st August 1916.

3rd June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1916, wounded, gun shot wound; 28th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

21st August 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

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