The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte G Reynolds

Private George REYNOLDS, 6254, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 21st April 1915, Deptford, SE, age 30, height 5ft 7½ inches, resided 3 Morena Street, Catford, SE. Formerly farm labourer.

Previously served 6 years West Kent Militia, Territorial Force.

Husband of Rose Emily Reynolds, (nee Spain), married 6th October 1906, Register Office, Greenwich, Kent.

Children - William Alfred Reynolds, born 3rd March 1905, 2 Norman Road, Lewisham; Emily Constance Reynolds, born 23rd February 1909, 2 Norman Road, Lewisham; George Walter Reynolds, born 25th January 1911,2 Norman Road, Lewisham; Rosina Elizabeth Reynolds, born 18th March 1912, 2 Norman Road, Lewisham; Francis Lilian Reynolds, born 12th October 1914?, died 14th December 1915, 3 Morena Street, Catford, SE, age 14 months, bronchial pneumonia, mother present at death.

Home, 21st April 1915 to 14th June 1915; BEF, 15th June 1915 to 15th October 1915; Home, 16th October 1915 to 29th July 1916.

21st April 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th June 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1915, embarked; 8th October 1915, 9 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, shell wound, left arm; 16th October 1915, to England, ex 10 General Hospital, Rouen; 16th October 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

29th July 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 25/- a week for 2 months, then 10/6 a week for life.

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