The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private William Charles TRICE, 10690, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 1st November 1915, Ramsgate, Kent, age 37, height 5ft 5 inches, resided 179 Middle Street, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Husband of Mary Ann Trice, (nee Prior, spinster), married 5th March 1906, St Andrews Church, Deal, Kent.

Children - Frederick Samuel Trice, born 15th September 1903, Deal, Kent; John Alfred Trice, born 12th May 1906, Deal, Kent; Edward Charles Trice, born 149th January 1909, Deal Kent; Florence Elizabeth Trice, born 10th May 1914, Deal, Kent.

1st November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1916, transferred to Machine Gun Corps; 21st February 1916, transferred to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

3rd June 1916, discharged  as ""no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

£20 gratuity.