The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte S Edwards

Private Samuel EDWARDS, 12567, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 14th March 1916, 51 Church Road, Norwood, age 39, height 5ft 2 inches, resided 13 Wordsworth Road, Penge. Formerly labourer.

Husband of Emily Constance Edwards, (nee Butcher), married 2nd May 1914, Croydon Register Office.

Children - Elsie Violet Edwards, born 15th March 1903, Sydenham; Rose Edith Edwards, born 3rd January 1906, Sydenham; Ivy Mary Edwards, born 18th June 1907, Sydenham; Charles Ernest Edwards, born 20th February 1913, Penge; George Alfred Edwards, born 22nd January 1916, Penge.

14th February 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 6th March 1916, mobilized; 9th March 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd March 1917, transferred to "Class W".

25th August 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

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