The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H Paiton

Private Harold PAITON, 21311, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 8th December 1915, Burnley, age 21, height 5ft 7½ inches, resided Lodge, Scott Park, Burnley / Lodge, Queens Park, Burnley. Formerly iron driller.

Son of Ernest Paiton, Lodge, Scott Park, Burnley.

Home, 8th December 1915 to 12th September 1917; BEF, 13th September 1917 to 22nd November 1917; Home, 23rd November 1917 to 13th October 1918.

8th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th February 1917, mobilized; 6th February 1917, posted 2/9th Middlesex Regiment, 6136; 15th April 1917, Canterbury, overstaying his pass from midnight until 4.00pm 16th April, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 13th September 1917, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples posted 41st; 13th September 1917, posted 3/10; 17th September 1917, transferred to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd November 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1918, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex; 23rd August 1918, Shoreham, absent from 3.55pm Fatigue Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks.

13th October 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 13/9 a week for 13 weeks, then 8/3 a week for 39 weeks, conditional.

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