The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W D Buss

Lance Corporal William David BUSS, G/9783, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th October 1918.

Born 1st February 1896, Plumstead, Kent,

Enlisted Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire, age 19 years & 6 months, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 121lbs. Resided 8c 1h Pearl St, Sharrow, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formerly saw grinder.

Home 28th August 1915 to 15th February 1916; Indian Expeditionary Force, 16th February 1916 to 5th December 1916; India 6th December 1916 to 17th August 1917; Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 18th August 1917 to 28th October 1918.

28th August 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th February 1916, posted & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th February 1916, embarked Devonport; 23rd March 1916, disembarked Busra; 30th March 1916, Nasiriyah, joined Battalion in the Field; 9th June 1916, Khanesingh?, admitted to hospital, PUO; discharged to Duty; 23rd October 1916, Khanesingh?, admitted to hospital; 6th December 1916, Basra, transferred sick to India, Hospital Ship Syria; 6th February 1917 to 10th February 1917, Poonawalla Hospital, malaria, 20 examinations of faeces and urine for enterica, negative, certified a non carrier; 18th August 1917, posted Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, embarked Bombay; 24th August 1917, Basra, disembarked; 20th September 1917, Baghdad, admitted 16 Casualty Clearing Station, sand fly fever; 26th September 1917, transferred to Convalescent Depot; 9th October 1917, discharged to Rest Camp; 18th October 1917, joined Battalion in the Field; 12th March 1918, present with Unit; 28th April 1918, Karradah, ???? School, joined 7th Battalion, demonstration; 10th September 1918, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

27th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Brother -Edward George Buss, age 32, 18 Preston Buildings, Old Kent Road, London; Sister, Mrs Edith Green, (nee Buss)age 30, 28 Glover Road, Highfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Separation allowance of 4/7 a week paid to Mrs E Green.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29., Iraq

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