The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte H Potter

Private Herbert POTTER, 15893, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 15th November 1915, Colchester, Essex, age 33, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 147lbs, resided Birch Street, Birch, Colchester, Essex, very slight lameness right leg. Formerly painter.

Husband of Kate Potter, (Keyte, widow), married 26th March 1916, Birch, Colchester, Essex.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 8th June 1916; MEF, 9th June 1916 to 5th March 1917; India, 6th March 1917 to 24th September 1917; Embarked Ship, 25th September 1917 to 11th November 1917; Home, 12th November 1917 to 5th June 1918.

15th November 1915, enlisted; 16th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 6th June 1916, mobilized; 9th June 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October1916, posted Mediterrean Expeditionary Force; 12th October 1917 to 24th October 1917, No.2. General Hospital, Maitland, VDH; 24th October 1917, Hospital Ship "Marama"; 12th November 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th November 1917 to 6th April 1918, 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth.

5th June 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

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