The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A Povey

Private Arthur POVEY, 23422, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 17th November 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 26, height 5ft 5¼ inches, resided 241 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly switchboard attendant.

Son of Emma Povey, 241 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent.

Home, 17th November 1915 to 5th January 1917; BEF, 6th January 1917 to 28th March 1918; Home, 29th March 1918 to 4th November 1918.

17th November 1915, enlisted; 18th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 25th October 1916, mobilized from Army Reserve; 27th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th January 1917, posted BEF; 19th February 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th March 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

4th November 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 13/9 a week to be reviewed in 26 weeks. Disability, gun shot wound, left forearm.

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