The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W J Prior

Private William James PRIOR, 15506, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 24th November 1915, Deal, Kent, age 27, height 5ft 7½ inches, resided 3 Beachland Cottages, Middle Deal Road, Deal, Kent / 2 St Andrews Walk, Deal, Kent / 1 Waterfall Villas, Hunsdon, nr Ware, Hertfordshire / 11 Underdown Street, Herne Bay, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Husband of Lilian Rose Prior, (nee Bird, spinster), married 3rd August 1912, Parish Church, Hunsdon, nr Ware, Hertfordshire.

Children - Arthur William Prior, born 22nd May 1913, Great Mongeham; Lilian May Prior, born 27th August 1914, Deal.

Home, 24th November 1915 to 29th August 1916; BEF, 30th August 1916 to 27th February 1917; Home, 28th February 1917 to 18th December 1917.

24th November 1915, enlisted; 25th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th May 1916, mobilized; 29th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1916, posted Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, BEF; 28th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

18th December 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 13/9 a week to be reviewed in 48 weeks. Disability DAH.

This page was last updated on 13-Dec-2014.