The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte R W Edge

Private Richard Walter EDGE, 5845, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 2nd March 1915, Deptford, SE, age 20, resided 73 Alva St, Deptford, SE / 49 Berthon Street, Deptfdord, SE. Formerly glassworker.

Home 2nd March 1915 to 28th September 1915; Salonika Expeditionary Force, 29th September 1915 to 17th November 1916; Home, 18th November 1916 to 27th October 1917.

2nd March 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th April 1915, Chatham, overstaying his pass from 9.30pm until 9.30pm 12th April 1915, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 15th May 1915, Chatham, when on active service absent from 9.30pm until 9.30pm 17th May 1915, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 24th June 1915, Chatham, when on active service absent from noon until 8pm on 27th inst, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 4 days pay; 29th September 1915, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & Indian Expeditionary Force; 15th October 1915, attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 21st June 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 17th July 1916, appointed with pay Acting Corporal; 30th July 1916, reverts to unpaid Lance Corporal; 2nd January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1917, whilst on active service absent from tattoo until 9.30pm on 15th inst & absent from 9.00pm on 4th August 1917 to 5.30pm 7th August 1917, deprived of 5 days pay, forfeits 5 days pay, deprived of Lance stripe.

27th October 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 27/6 a week for 44 weeks to be reviewed. Tuberculosis of lung.

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