The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal H Wickham

Corporal Harry WICKHAM, 428, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Ifield, Gravesend, Kent, enlisted 5th September 1914, Maidstone, Kent, age 35, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 147 lbs. Formerly labourer.

Previously served in Royal Scots, time expired.

Husband Kate E Wickham (nee Hales), ****** Cottage, Hook Green, Meopham, Kent / 75a Cambray Road, Balham / Cooling Court Farm, Cooling nr Rochester, Kent / Station Road, Hook GReen, Meopham, Kent. Married 30th November 1907, Ifield Church, Ifield, Gravesend, Kent.

Children - James Edward Wickham, born 21st April 1909, Northfleet, Kent; Joan Mary Wickham, born 25th June 1913, Northfleet, Kent.

Home, 5th September 1914 to 26th December 1914; BEF, 27th December 1914 to 11th October 1917; Home, 12th October 1917 to 9th March 1919.

14th April 1915, wounded slight, 2nd Lon Gen Hospital, St Marks College, Chelsea; 16th August 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 17th March 1916, whilst on active service, neglect of duty whilst NCO on trench duty, severely reprimanded; 6th October 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 2nd December 1916, promoted Corporal; 27th September 1917, bomb wound arm right, chest severe; 5th March to 25th March 1918, furlough from Hospital, admitted 26th October 1917, gsw buttock & chest; 4th November 1918, 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Smith Dorrien Ward, St Marks Hospital, Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex; 9th March 1919, transferred to Reserve and Demobilized to 6 Station Road, Meopham, Kent; 31st March 1920, discharged.

AWARDS: MM.

London Gazette 9th July 1917.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

428 Cpl. H. Wickham, Royal West Kent Regiment.

NOTE: Awarded Military Medal under Canadian Corps No. A67.95 for Vimy Ridge Operation, 22nd April 1917.

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