The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sgt A Whiting

Sergeant Alfred WHITING, 2198, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent, enlisted 5th September 1914, Newcastle on Tyne, age 24, resided 22 Park Terrace, Bleach Green, Wincanton on Tyne.. Formerly miner.

Previously served Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve, purchased discharge.

Husband of Maggie Whiting, (nee Jarratt, spinster), married 23rd June 1911, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Children - Margaret Whiting, born 3rd June 1911, Sevenoaks, Kent; Joyce Whiting, born 27th September 1914, Sevenoaks, Kent; Ronald Alfred Jarratt Whiting, born 12th February 1916, Wincanton on Tyne.

Home, 5th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 24th November 1916; Home, 25th November 1916 to 29th December 1917

5th September 1914, enlisted 5th September 1914; 11th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th February 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 9th April 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 10th September 1915, promoted Corporal; 23rd December 1915, appointed Acting Sergeant; 31st December 1915, promoted Sergeant; 14th November 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, thigh; 25th November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd August 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1917, Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent.

29th December 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension 32/6 a week to be reviewed in 39 weeks. Disability chronic fibrosis.

This page was last updated on 10-Jun-2015.