The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte L A Edwards

Private Leonard Alfred EDWARDS, 10933, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 15th November 1915, Tonbridge, Kent, age 32, height 5ft 9 inches, resided 4 Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 27 Nursery Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly cabinet maker.

Husband of May Edwards, (nee Hardy), 4 Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 58 Taylor Street, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Married 1st November 1912, Register Office, Tonbridge, Kent.

Children - William Leonard Edwards, born 25th February 1913, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Vera Agnes Edwards, born 10th August 1915, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Lula May Edwards, born 24th April 1918, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 17th October 1916; Home, 18th October 1916 to 15th October 1918.

15th November 1915, enlisted, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th November 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;, 29th December 1915, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1918, 2nd General Northern Hospital, Leeds

15th October 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 8/3 a week for 52 weeks. Gun shot wound, left wrist.

This page was last updated on 02-Jun-2013.