The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cpl R W Peake

Corporal Robert Walter PEAKE, 9102, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Blackheath, London, Kent, enlisted 23rd October 1908, New Cross, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 127lbs, resided 25 King George Street, Greenwich, Kent. Formerly engineers labourer.

Son of Frederick & Lucy Peake, 70 Old Woolwich Road, East Greenwich, SE. Brothers - Frederick Peake; John Peake; Alfred Peake; William Peake. Sisters - Annie & Lucy.

Home, 23rd October 1908 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 7th June 1917; Home, 8th June 1917 to 9th March 1919.

23rd October 1908, enlisted and posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd November 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th January 1911 to 6th January 1912, Dublin Hospital, infection of middle ear (right); 1st April 1912 to 20th April 1912, Dublin Hospital, infection of middle ear (right); 8th July 1912 to 6th August 1912, Royal Infirmary, Dublin, sprained left knee; 12th November 1912 to 22nd November 1912, Dublin Hospital, infection of middle ear (right); 13th February 1913 to 14th February 1913, King George V Hospital sinusitis of knee, severe, result of football; 14th February 1913 to 15th April 1913, Dublin Hospital, dislocation of left knee cartilage, removal of cartilage; 24th February 1914 to 5th March 1914, Dublin Hospital, synovitis of left knee; 14th August 1914, posted BEF; 8th June 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th June 1917 to 21st August 1917, Graylingwell Military Hospital Chichester, Sussex, sprained knee, right, membrane removed; 3rd September 1917 to 13th January 1918, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 13th January 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th January 1918, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 3rd March 1918, Hertford, overstaying his pass from 12 midnight till 8.00pm 10th March (6 days 20 hours), severely reprimanded, forfeits 7 days pay; 4th April 1918, appointed paid Acting Lance Corporal; 2nd May 1918, appointed paid Acting Corporal; 19th August 1918, Leysdown Camp, whilst on active service, disobedience of Battalion Order, admonished & pays for new trousers.

29th January 1919, Statement as to Disability - injury to right knee April 1917 at Duvall, knee weak gives way at times, treated at 30 General Hospital Calais, France & Graylingwell Military Hospital Chichester, Sussex. Injury to both knees, right April 1917, (jumping barbed wire, fell on a tree stump), left, pre war (sprained carrying a weight), some cartilage removed from both knees. Attributable to Service, prevents 30%.

9th March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 8/3 a week for 26 weeks, conditional.

8th September 1919, extension of provisional award , pending verification of injury, increase to 12/- a week. Expires 11th November 1919.

17th January 1920, Pension, 8/- a week to 9th March 1920 then 5/3 a week from 10th March 1920 for 52 weeks, expires 8th March 1921.

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