The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte D J Rolfe

Private David James ROLFE, 8529, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Nunhead, Surrey, enlisted 21st June 1915, Camberwell, SE, age 36, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 119lbs, resided 18 Seldon Road, Nunhead, SE / 11 Seldon Road, Nunhead, SE. Formerly cook.

Husband of Louise Rolfe, (nee Gare, spinster), married 36rd August 1902, St Andrews Church, Stockwell.

Children - David William Rolfe, born 5th December 1903?, Brixton?; Frederick Robert Rolfe, born 19th September 1906, Deptford, SE; Lilian Louisa Rolfe, born 17th July 1908, Deptford, SE; Alfred Rolfe, born 24th March 1912, Clapham; Edith Winifred Rolfe, born 16th August 1914, Peckham.

Allotment of 6d a day to his family.

Home, 21st May 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 23rd November 1916; Home, 24th November 1916 to 16th May 1917.

21st May 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, embarked Southampton; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF, disembarked Havre; 24th November 1916, acute nephritis, to England, Hospital Ship, St David, ex General Hospital, Boulogne, France; 24th November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th April 1917, Bermondsey Military Hospital, Ladywell Road, Lewisham.

16th May 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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