The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E H Whibley

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Private Edward Henry WHIBLEY, 18536, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died,  24th October 1918, age 23.

8th November 1896, born Marden, Kent, son of George Frederick & Mary Ellen "Nellie" Whibley, Forge House, Marden, Kent.

1911 Census - Carfax Villas, Pattenden Lane, Marden, Kent. - George Whibley, head, age 40, married, agricultural labourer, hops & fruit, worker, born Cranbrook, Kent; Nellie Whibley, wife, age 39, married 19 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Cranbrook, Kent; Owen Whibley, son, age 18, single, agricultural labourer, worker, born Headcorn, Kent; Edward Whibley, son, age 15, single, painters labourer, worker, born Marden, Kent; Reginald Whibley, son, age 11, school, born Marden, Kent; Hilda Whibley, daughter, age 9, school, born Marden, Kent.

 Enlisted Canterbury, age 20 years & 7 months, height 5ft 7 inches.  Resided Forge House, High Street, Marden, Kent.

Home 26th April 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 14th August 1917; Home 15th August 1917 to 24th October 1917; BEF 25th October 1917 to 22nd November 1917; Home 23rd November 1917 to 10th April 1918.

26th April 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.2452; 2nd June 1915, transferred to 2/1, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 21st September 1916, embarked; 21st September 1916, Etaples, 38th Infantry Base Depot, France; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion (Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, right hand; 8th August 1917, to England; 15th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, deprived of 10 days pay for absence, forfeits 5 days pay; 25th October 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th October 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 3rd November 1917, joined "D" Company; 20th November 1917, 48 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gun shot wound ring finger right hand; 21st November 1917, 10 General Hospital, Rouen, gun shot wound, ring finger; 21st November 1917, to England; 23rd November 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

12th March 1918, University War Hospital, Southampton - Injury to right foot - 23rd November 1917, Hospital Ship Warilda - Coming over from France on Hospital Ship Warilda, wounded right hand. Was going up from lower deck, the RSM fell from top deck down hatch to 2nd Deck. Hatch fell thru RSM hatch fell onto patients foot. Condition on arrival 23rd November 1917, several abrasions ?????  ????? side right foot swollen, 1st 2nd metacarpal bones fractured with displacement. Much swelling ?????? aspect which was massaged  when healed 15th February 1918, marked deformity, very painful foot, unable to bear weight, or to walk on it. Uses crutches.

10th April 1918, discharged, age 23, as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness  Silver War Badge issued.

10th April 1918, on discharge, age 23 years & 6 months, height 5ft 7 inches, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, trade house decorator, intended residence,  Forge House, High Street, Marden, Kent, gun shot wound BEF France 1917, deformity right foot, scar on sole. Disability, injury to right foot, discharged from Hospital with crutches and will probably require a surgical boot later.

11th April 1918 to 15th October 1918, pension of 27/6 a week for 26 weeks, 100% disability. 16th October 1918 to 14th October 1919; 26 weeks to 15th April 1919 at 11/- a week, 40% disablement; 26 weeks 15th April 1919 to 14th October 1919 at 8/3 a week, 30% disablement.

Buried at Marden (St Michael) Churchyard, North of Church, near left side of path, Marden, Kent.

External link to Roll of Honour - Marden War Memorial 

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War do not show an entry for this soldier; shown on CWGC web site.