The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte C W Dray

Private Charles William DRAY, 23657, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 19th January 1916, Maidstone, Kent, age 33, height 5ft 11 inches, resided 9 King Edward Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly clerk.

Husband to Frances Ethel Dray (nee Flinders), 9 King Edward Road, Maidstone, Kent. Married 19th September 1914, Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire.

Child - Charles Keith Flinders Dray, born 6th January 1916, Maidstone, Kent.

19th January1916, enlisted: 20th January 1916 to Army Reserve; 15th November 1916, mobilized; 16th November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

5th August 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 8/3 a week for 48 weeks, to be reviewed.

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