The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte S Baker

Private Sidney BAKER, 12566, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Called up 2nd March 1916, London, age 29, resided 4 Orchard Terrace, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent / 419 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly seaman.

No relatives. No next of kin recorded.

Previously served in Royal West Kent Regiment.

Home, 2nd March 1916 to 20th July 1916; BEF, 21st July 1916 to 6th September 1916; Home, 7th September 1916 to 5th January 1917; BEF, 6th January 1917 to 26th May 1917; Home, 27th May 1917 to 12th December 1917.

2nd March 1916, called up; 3rd March 1916, posted Depot Maidstone, Kent; 9th March 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1916, BEF, Infantry Base, France; 7th September 1916, posted Depot; 7th September 1916, wounded, gun shot wound left leg, slight; 13th November 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th January 1917, posted BEF; 9th January 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th April 1917. wounded, remained on Duty; 9th May 1917, wounded, shoulder, right eye. both legs, fractured left tibia; 27th May 1917, posted Depot;

12th December 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 27/6 a week for 13 weeks, then 19/3 a week, to be reviewed in 15 weeks. Disability gun shot wounds both legs & right eye.

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