The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Pte J Mitchell
Private John MITCHELL, 8961, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Enlisted 12th July 1915, Lewisham, age 19, resided 6 Kent House Road, Lower Sydenham / 8 Myrtle Grove, Lower Sydenham. London, SE. Formerly brickmaker.
Son of George Mitchell.
Home, 12th July 1915 to 2nf May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 19th November 1917; Home, 20th November 1917 to 11th February 1919.
12th July 1915, enlisted posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th April 1916, forfeits 36 days pay for absence, awarded 28 days detention; 14th April 1917, In the Field, whilst on active service, late on Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 20th November 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.
11th February 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.
Pension, 22/- a week to be reviewed in 52 weeks. Disability, gun shot wound left buttock.
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