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The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private Tobias BLIZZARD, 4130, (10477), Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Beckenham, Kent, enlisted 31st August 1914, Bromley, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 112lbs, resided 169 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, Kent. Formerly baker.

Son of Tobias Blizzard, 25 Kimberley Road, Beckenham, Kent.

Home, 31st August 1914.

31st August 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th October 1915, attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 29th September 1915, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th January 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

29th June 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension of 18/9 a week for 6 months conditional.

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