The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl J Reeves

Lance Corporal George John REEVES, 6981, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 3rd June 1915, Sandwich, Kent, age 37, height 5ft 7 inches, resided 93 Middle Street, Deal, Kent / 116 High Street, Ramsgate, Kent. Formerly carman.

Husband of Annie Elizabeth Reeves, (nee Hood) married 28th April 1900, Parish Church, Walmer, Kent.

Children - Alfred Reeves, born 6th June 1902, Walmer, Kent; Cecil Victor Reeves, born 25th February 1901, Walmer, Deal.

Home, 3rd June 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 7th February 1917; Home, 8th February 1917 to 6th June 1917.

3rd June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd June 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th November 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 14th March 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 8th February 1917, wounded; 8th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th May 1917, Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

6th June 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 22/- a week for 26 weeks, conditional.

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