The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H D B Rook

Private Herbert Douglas Bramwell ROOK, 4548, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 16th November 1914, Bromley, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 7 inches, resided 3 Chelsfield Terrace, Green Street Green, Orpington, Kent. Formerly gardener, Staples, nurseryman.

Son of Mary Rook, 3 Chelsfield Terrace, Green Street Green, Orpington, Kent.

Home, 16th November 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 21st October 1915; Home, 22nd October 1915 to 21st February 1917.

16th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th November 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 22nd October 1915, wounded, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1916 to 29th September 1916, Kitchener Hospital, Brighton?, gun shot wound lower limb, amputation through thigh; 29th September 1916 to 5th December 1916, Military Hospital, Brighton, transferred to Roehampton; 5th December 1916 to 1st February 1917, Queen Mary's Convalescent Hospital, amputated left leg, artificial limb provided.

21st February 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 25/- a week for 2 months then 14/- for life.

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