The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cpl J T Perkins

Corporal James Thomas PERKINS, 1721, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Greenwich, Kent, enlisted 7th September 1914, Lewisham, age 31, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 130lbs. Formerly painter.

Son of Richard Perkins, 17 Sparta Street, Greenwich.

Home, 7th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 9th May 1917; Home, 10th May 1917 to 3rd April 1918; BEF, 4th April 1918 to 29th April 1918; Home, 30th April 1918 to 11th August 1919.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th July 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 9th May 1917, wounded; 10th May 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th June 1917, appointed Acting Corporal; 18th August 1917, confirmed in rank; 5th October 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham, by Sea, Sussex; 9th October 1917, Shoreham, Sussex, disobedience of Company Orders, reprimanded; 24th April 1918, wounded; 30th April 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th August 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 6/- a week for 52 weeks conditional. Gun shot wound, right leg.

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