The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W Edwards

Private William EDWARDS, 8613, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Deptford, Kent, enlisted 1st November 1912, Woolwich, age 17, height 5ft 2½, weight 110lbs, resided 69 Napier Street, Deptford, SE8 / 2 Cornet? Street, Deptford, SE. Formerly stableman.

Son of Thomas Edwards, 2 Cornet? Street, Deptford, SE. Brothers George & Thomas.

Home, 1st November 1912 to 18th September 1914; BEF, 19th September 1914 to 21st December 1914; Home, 22nd December 1914 to 7th December 1915.

1st November 1912 to 31st March 1913, 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 19th September 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th December 1914, wounded, gun shot wound, chest & shoulder; 12th January 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

7th December 1915, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

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