The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte C S Horton

Private Cyril Stephen HORTON, 39249, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment ( 2/20th London Regiment).

Deemed to have enlisted 22nd June 1917, age 18, height 5ft 5¾ inches, resided 31 Odo Road, Tower Hamlets, Dover Kent / 31 St Peters Street, Dover, Kent / 6A Ethelbert Street, Dover, Kent / 31 St James Street, Dover. Formerly fitters apprentice.

Son of Mrs S J Horton, 31 Odo Road, Tower Hamlets, Dover Kent.

22nd June 1917, deemed to have enlisted; 6th June 1918, Canterbury, Kent, mobilized; 9th June 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th October 1918, posted 1/20th London Regiment, Italy; 4th October 1918, embarked Southampton; 5th October 1918, disembarked Havre; 5th October 1918, joined Infantry Base Depot, posted 2/20th London Regiment; 9th October 1918, proceeded to join Unit; 12th October 1918, joined Unit; 20th October 1918, 49 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gunshot wound ankle right, hand left, thigh left, battle casualty Cambrai, France; 23rd October 1918, 3rd Australian General Hospital; 26th October 1918, to UK, Guildford Castle; 28th October 1918, posted Depot & 2/1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, discharged 12th November 1918, right leg amputated; 29th January 1919 on indefinite furlough; 27th March 1919, admitted The King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, SE1, right leg amputated; 27th March 1919, St Marys Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton, artificial limb provided; 3rd May 1919, discharged as an invalid, 60% disability.

3rd May 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

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