The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl R J Hill

Lance Corporal Robert John HILL, 8956, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 12th July 1915, Deptford, SE, age 34, resided 6 Paradise Place, Woolwich, SE. Formerly general labourer.

Previously served 7 years Navy, Reserve 12 years.

12th July 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 2nd August 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 5th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

25th December 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

This page was last updated on 05-Mar-2014.