The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private Edgar PETERS, 23244, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Snodland, Kent, deemed to have enlisted 1st October 1916, Called up for Service, 19th October 1916, Maidstone, Kent, age 29, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 137lbs, teeth defective & slightly deaf, resided 27 Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent / 6 Station Road, Maidstone, Kent / 144 Sheals Cottages, Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly engine fitter / skilled labourer.

Husband of Frances Mary Peters, (nee Forward, spinster), married 22nd May 1915, Maidstone, Kent.

Home, 1st October 1916 to 31st December 1916; BEF, 1st January 1917 to 30th July 1917; Home, 31st July 1917 to 10th October 1917.

19th October 1916, Called up for Service; 21st October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917 to 9th October 1917, Bath War Hospital, inflammation of middle ear, (both), discharge as permanently unfit.

10th October 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 8/3 a week for 52 weeks conditional. Disability, inflammation of middle ear (both).

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