The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Sgt F Fuller
Sergeant Frederick FULLER, 2306, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Born Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent, enlisted 9th September 1914, Gravesend, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 118lbs, resided 24 Stanhope Road, Swanscombe, Kent. Formerly engine driver.
Son of George Fuller, The Orchard, Alexandra Road, Chipperfield, Hertfordshire. Brother, Charles Fuller, 24 Stanhope Road, Swanscombe, Kent.
Home, 9th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 25th July 1918; Home, 26th July 1918 to 21st September 1918.
9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th February 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 5th March 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 10th June 1915, promoted Corporal; 6th March 1916, promoted Sergeant; 7th July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound leg, fractured, severe; 24th July 1918, at Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospital, Roehampton House, Roehampton, SW; 25th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.
21st September 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued
Pension awarded 9th October 1918, 32/6 a week for 26 weeks from 22nd September 1918. Disability, gun shot wound, left leg.
22nd March 1919, in patient in Hospital.
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