The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Brand

Private Albert Edward BRAND, 2817, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Holloway, London, enlisted 9th September 1914, Hackney, age 28, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 112lbs, resided 68 Marsh Hill, Homerton, London, E9, 24 Bentham Road, South Hackney, E9 / 17 Marsh Hill, Homerton, London, E9, /23 Marsh Hill, Homerton, London, E9. Formerly labourer.

Husband of Ada Brand, (nee Whellams), married 22nd December 1907, St Johns, Hackney. 23 Marsh Hill, Homerton, London, E9.

Children - Albert Frederick William Brand, born 18th December 1908, Hackney; Alfred Thomas Brand, born 12th April 1913, Hackney.

Home, 9th September 1914 to 30th April 1915; BEF, 1st May 1915 to 29th August 1915; Home, 30th August 1915 to 5th March 1916.

9th September 1914, enlisted and posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th March 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st May 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th June 1915, deprived of Lance stripe; 25th August 1915, wounded, shell shock; 3rd September 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

15th March 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

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