The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Cawthorne

Private Joseph CAWTHORNE, 242143, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th August 1918, age 21.

Born Seaham Harbour, Durham, son of William Cawthorne, of 76, Viceroy St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.

Enlisted Seaham, Durham, 18 years & 1month, height 5ft 4¾ inches, weight 102lbs. Resided c/o 34 Longnewton Street, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Formerly miner (screener).

Home 10th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 16th October 1917; Home 17th October 1917 to 2nd May 1918; BEF 3rd May 1918 to 8th August 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 3rd February 1917, mobilized; 6th February 1917, posted 2/5th Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th April 1917, Millsboro'?, absent without leave from midnight till about ?.45pm 19th April 1917, 7 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 7 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 16th May 1917, Barham, dirty on 8.30am Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 8th September 1917, absent without leave from midnight till 8.00am 11th September 1917, 168 hours detention, forfeits ? days pay; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th October 1914, wounded in action; 7th October 1917, 18 General Hospital; 16th October 1917, to England; 17th October 1917, posted Depot; 17th October 1917 to 1st November 1917, St Lukes War Memorial Hospital, Halifax, wounded, gun shot wound left buttock; 1st November 1917 to 5th December 1917, Northumberland War Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, wounded, gun shot wound left buttock; 8th December 1917 to 17th December 1917, furlough from Northumberland War Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne; 18th December 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 19th February 1918, 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th April 1918, Tonbridge, overstaying leave whilst under orders, from midnight 29th April until 10.15pm on 2nd May 1918, deprived of 3 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 3rd May 1918, Infantry Base Depot, "J"; 4th May 1918, posted 10th Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th May 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th May 1918, joined Battalion in the Field.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.

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