The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J J Hudson

Private Josiah James HUDSON, 16113, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 25th November 1915, Wisbech, age 39, height 5ft 5½ inches, resided 8 Prince Street, Walsoken, Norfolk. Formerly Prudential Assurance Agent.

Husband of Grace Ellen Hudson, (nee Dexter, spinster), 8 Prince Street, Walsoken, Norfolk. Married 4th August 1902, All Saints Church, South Lynn, Norfolk.

Child - Dorothy Lilian Hudson, born 15th September 1904, Dersingham, Norfolk.

25th November 1915, enlisted; 26th November 1915, transferred to Army Reserve; 17th June 1916, mobilized; 18th June 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

19th May 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 27/6 a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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