The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W C Folds

Private William Charles FOLDS, 14554, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Luton, Bedfordshire, enlisted 19th January 1916, Luton, Bedfordshire, age 20, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 112lbs, resided 63 Highbury Rd Luton, Bedfordshire 43 Baker Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. One tooth missing. Formerly timekeeper.

Husband of Nellie Folds, (nee Bracey), 63 / 65 Highbury Rd Luton, Bedfordshire / 6 Chatsworth Avenue, Orwell Park, Aintree, Liverpool. Married 24th June 1914, Wesleyan Chapel, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Child - Winifred Hilda Folds, born 21st October 1914, Clarendon? Road, Luton, Bedfordshire.

Home, 19th January 1916 to 12th September 1916; BEF, 13th September 1916 to 17th October 1916; Home, 18th October 1916 to 12th July 1917.

19th January 1916, enlisted; 20th January 1916, transferred to Army Reserve; 8th April 1916, mobilized; 10th April 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th April 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF, Infantry Base; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left leg; 18th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 1916 to 2nd March 1917, G Ward, 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool, gun shot wound left leg, fractured fibula and tibia; 2nd March 1917 to 12th July 1917, Netherfield Road, attached 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool, gun shot wound leg.

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

Pension, 22/- a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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