The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sgt W Hoadley

Sergeant William HOADLEY, 2016 (1st/4th RWK), 200581, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Painswick?, Gloucestershire, enlisted 15th August 1914, Tonbridge, Kent, age 23, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 126lbs, resided Cargan?, Luton, Bedfordshire / 7 Cromer Street, Tonbridge, Kent. Formerly milkman.

Home, (Canterbury), 17th August 1914 to 28th August 1914; Home, (Sandwich), 28th August 1914 to 29th October 1914; SS Somali, 30th October 1914, (Southampton) to 2nd December 1914, (Bombay); Jubbulpore, 3rd December 1914 to 26th November 1919; Home, 27th November 1919 to 25th December 1919..

11th July 1916 to 25th July 1916, Pachmarhi Hospital, malaria; 5th October 1917, promoted Sergeant; .

25th December 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

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