The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Both

Private Thomas BOTH, 6520, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 20th May 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 7 inches, resided 13 Denton Street, East Milton, nr Gravesend, Kent / 10 Theatre Square, Garrick Street, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Son of Karl Christian Both, 13 Denton Street, East Milton, nr Gravesend, Kent.

20th May 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th May 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st October 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 6th April 1916, wounded, gun shot wound; 27th April 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th August 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th October 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 18/9 a week for 6 months conditional.

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