The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte A Probert

Private Arthur PROBERT, 1060, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent, enlisted 4th September 1914, Tonbridge, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 6½ inches, resided Church Row, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Son of Harriett Probert, 6 Mount Pleasant, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent. Died of pernicious anemia, 18th March 1915, Mount Pleasant, Ide Hill, age 63, widow of Robert Probert, general labourer, informant J? Probert, son, present at death.

Home, 4th September 1914 to 23rd September 1915; BEF, 24th September 1915 to 22nd October 1915; Home, 23rd October 1915 to 23rd November 1916.

4th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd September 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd October 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, back, severe; 23rd October 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

23rd November 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 18/9 a week for 6 months, conditional.

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