The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J H Hunter

Private James Henry HUNTER, 676, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Bexley, Dartford, Kent, enlisted 10th September 1914, Wandsworth, age 35, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 105lbs, resided 22 Gurlph Street, Garrett Lane, Wandsworth, London SW18. Formerly lamp lighter.

Previously served with 3rd West Kent Militia, 6 years, time expired.

Husband of Frances Sarah Hunter, (nee Baron, spinster), 32a Lydden Grove, Wandsworth. Married 23rd December 1893, Wandsworth.

Children - Elsie Ivy Hunter, born 29th October 1900, Wandsworth; Ethel Ruby Hunter, born 26th August 1903, Southfields; Alice Lilian Hunter, born 19th March 1905, Springfield; Ernest William Albert Hunter, born 21st January 1909, Springfield; Christina Florence Hunter, born 25th December 1910, Springfield; Violet Doris Hunter, born 17th September 1912, Springfield; May Dorothy Hunter, born 29th May 1915, Wandsworth;

Home, 10th September 1914 to 24th May 1915; BEF, 25th May 1915 to 30th July 1916; Home, 31st July 1916 to 1st October 1917.

10th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th May 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left knee; 31st July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1917, 2nd Western General Hospital, Whitworth Street, Manchester.

1st October 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 13/9 a week to be reviewed in 52 weeks. Disability, gun shot wound, right knee, fractured femur.

This page was last updated on 16-Apr-2014.