The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl S W Horsman

Lance Corporal Sydney Wolverley HORSMAN, 9189, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Bethnall Green, Middlesex, enlisted 2nd December 1908, Woolwich, age 20, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 127lbs, resided 31 Wolverley Street, Bethnall Green Road, London, NE. Formerly labourer & paint worker.

Son of Elizabeth Horsman, 5 Calydon? Road, Victoria Road, Old Chilton? Two brothers & a sister.

Home, 2nd DEcember 1908 to 10th December 1909; India, 11th December 1909 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force, 1st February 1915 to 16th September 1915; India, 17th September 1915 to 7th November 1915; Home, 8th November 1915 to 27th June 1916.

2nd December 1908, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th December 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th December 1909, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1913, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 10th October 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 21st January 1915, employed for 4 months, Garrison Cantonment, Police Karachi; 24th July 1915, dangerously wounded, gun shot wounds right & left arms, fractured both forearms; 21st February 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

27th June 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

This page was last updated on 27-Mar-2014.