The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P Bramble

Private Percy BRAMBLE, 8050, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born St Bartholomews, Dover, Kent, enlisted 10th August 1910, Gravesend, Kent, age 17, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 112lbs, resided 4, Swanscombe Street, Swanscombe, Kent / Coombe Lodge, Swanscombe Street, Swanscombe, Kent / 53 Church Road, Swanscombe, Kent. Formerly cement works labourer.

Son of William Bramble, address unknown.

Home, 10th August 1910 to 18th September 1914; BEF, 19th September 1914 to 26th October 1914; Prisoner of War, 27th October 1914 to 4th December 1918; Home, 5th December 1918 to 31st March 1919.

10th August 1910, joined Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1911, 1912 & 1913 attended Training; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 19th September 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th October 1914, Prisoner of War, Germany; 5th December 1918, repatriated Dover, Kent and posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th February 1919, posted 3rd Battalion.

31st March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Disability 100%, tubercle of the lung. Pension 27/6 from 1st April 1919, to be reviewed in 26 weeks.

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