The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H H Wady

Private Henry Harold WADY, G/15055, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 19.

28th July 1897, born Rochester, Kent, son of George Henry & Lucy Sarah King Wady, of "Sanspariel," Home Street, Frindsbury, Kent.

1911 Census - 26 Gravel Walk, Rochester, Kent - Louisa Jane Hall, head, age 50, widow, married 23 years, 1 child, still alive, born Rochester, Kent; Albert Thomas Wimble?, grandson, age 11, born Rochester, Kent; George Henry Wady, boarder, age 40, widower, married 23½ years, Boilermaker, HM Dockyard, worker, born Rochester, Kent; Hild May Wady, boarder, age 15, single, born Rochester, Kent; Henry Harold Wady, boarder, age 13, school, born Rochester, Kent; Lilian Annie Wady, boarder, age 9, school, born Rochester, Kent; Daisy Violet Wady, boarder, age 6, school, born Rochester, Kent; Ivy Violet Wady, boarder, age 3, born Rochester, Kent; Frederick Mortlock, boarder, age 32, single, Shipwright, HM Dockyard, worker, born Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 10 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 116lbs, teeth defective. Resided c/o Mrs Hart, 18 Five Bell Lane, Rochester, Kent. Formerly baker.

Home 12th May 1916 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 26th October 1917.

12th May 1916, Called up for Service; 17th May 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF; 13th September 1916, embarked; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 5th October 1916, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 10th December 1916, deprived of ? days pay; 10th March 1917, 14 Field Ambulance, PUO; 14th March 1917, rejoined Battalion; 9th April 1917, wounded; 14th April 1917, 7 Convalescent Depot, shrapnel wound right leg; 18th April 1917, to 10 Convalescent Depot; 14th May 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 27th May 1917, rejoined Battalion, "D" Company; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

Brother, Charles Henry Wady.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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