The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Paul

Private Albert Edward PAUL, G/3118, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915.

Born St Matthews, London, Middlesex, son of Frederick Thomas (address unknown) & Elizabeth Paul, .

5th April 1896, (Easter Day), St Matthias, Bethnal Green, baptism of Albert Edward Paul, son of Frederick Thomas, (cabinet maker), & Elizabeth Paul, 28 Kerbela Street, E.

Enlisted Shoreditch, London, age 19, height 5ft 3½, weight 122lbs, sallow complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scar left shin. Formerly pianoforte maker.

Home 9th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th November 1914, Shoreham, absent from 1.00pm until 12.00 midnight 29th November, when warned for guard, 8 days confined to Camp, 2 extra guards; 16th April 1915, Redhill, absent from Parade at 8.00am, absent from Company Orderly Room at 6.00pm, absent from 7.00am 17th April 1915, until 5.45am 19th April 1915, deprived of 6 days pay, 10 Days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 25th June 1915, Blackdown Camp, absent from Tattoo until 9.30pm on 27th June 1915, deprived of 3 days pay, 10 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 31st July 1915, Blackdown Camp, overstaying his pass, from Tattoo until Reveille, 4th August 1915, deprived of 5 days pay, 15 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 5 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

Next of Kin (brother) - No.7105, Private Henry Benjamin Paul, 24 Granby Street, Bethnel Green Road, London E.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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