The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C H Hale

Private Charles Henry HALE, G/7, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 20th July 1916.

Born Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent.

1911 Census - 7 Crampton Road, Sevenoaks, Kent - James Edwards, head, age 29, married, gas stoker, worker, born Tunbridge Wells; *Mary Ann Edwards, wife, age 34, married 11 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Tunbridge Wells; Medlie Wassell, visitor, age 13, born Tunbridge Wells; Lily Edwards, daughter, age 10, school, born Tunbridge Wells; Alice Edwards, daughter, age 8, born Otford; George Edwards, son, age 5, born Otford; Doris Edwards, daughter, age 2, born Sevenoaks; Charley Hale, lodger, age 28, single, brick labourer, worker, born Kemsing.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 27 years & 192 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 149lbs, mole small of back. Formerly general labourer.

Home 6th August 1914 to 12th May 1915; BEF 13th May 1915 to 20th July 1916.

6th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th August 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, injury to left leg, left hand & back of head, caused by a motor lorry not on duty & not ???? ????; 12th November 1914, Pte Hale has improved greatly under treatment. The fingers & thumb of left hand were stiff & powerless to begin with, but he has now got a good grip & the range of movements of the fingers has improved greatly. The leg was very ordenatous with sensitive ?????? & ?????, but this has now disappeared. The leg has a lot of hard ????? round the calf which is now gradually disappearing. He can now get about a little on his feet now but I think it will be some time yet before he is fit for any severe strain on it & he is likely to feel the after effects for some considerable period; 31st March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th May 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th May 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 15th May 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 17th July 1915, 10 days Field Punishment No.2.

Sole legatee, *Mrs Mary A Edwards.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

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