The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte P E Lyans

Private Percy Edwin LYANS, 17682, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 10th January 1916, Brighton, Sussex, age 32, height 5ft 4 inches, resided 2 Guildford Road, Brighton, Sussex / 20 West Hill Street, Brighton, Sussex. Formerly hairdresser.

Husband of Sarah Jane Lyans, (nee Holder), married 19th November 1908, Worthing, Sussex.

Children - Beatrice Maud Lyans, born 27th December 1910, Brighton, Sussex; Edwin Ernest Lyans, born 19th March 1915, Brighton, Sussex.

Home, 10th January 1916 to 6th October 1916; BEF, 7th October 1916 to 17th October 1916; Home, 18th October 1916 to 21st December 1916.

10th January 1916, enlisted; 11th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 15th June 1916, mobilized; 17th June 1916, posted 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 12787; 1st September 1916, transferred to 23rd Training Reserve, TR/90119?; 7th October 1916, transferred to 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, 5557 / 12787 & posted BEF; 15th October 1916, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, 24 General Hospital; 18th October 1916, to England on Hospital Ship Dieppe; 18th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1916 to 4th December 1916, Southern General Hospital, Bristol, abscess of back, spinal caries.

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

Pension, 20/- a week for 6 months conditional.

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