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Private J H Wheal

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Private John Henry WHEAL, G/10658, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd May 1917, age 19.

Born Lewisham, SE, son of George Henry / Edward & Louisa Wheal, 25, Littlewood Road, Lewisham, London.

1911 Census - Gore Farm Hospital, Darenth near Dartford, Kent - John Henry Wheal, Patient, age 13, born Lewisham, Kent.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE. age 19 years & 129 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 115lbs. Resided 25, Littlewood Road, Lewisham, London. Formerly driller.

Separation Allowance 3/10 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to mother.

Home 2nd November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 2nd July 1916; Home 3rd July 1916 to 18th September 1916; BEF 19th September 1916 to 4th December 1916; Home 5th December 1916 to 6th March 1917; BEF 7th March 1917 to 3rd May 1917.

2nd November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th January 1916, Witley, overstaying his pass from 12.10am until reporting himself at 3.30pm 11th January 1916, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 19th February 1916, Aldershot, quitting Barracks without permission, absent from 9.30pm until reporting himself at 11.00pm 21st February 1916, 7 days Field Punishment No.2., forfeits 3 days pay; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th July 1916, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, admitted off Convoy; Transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital, Epsom; 11th September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 5th December 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th December 1916 to 3rd January 1917, Hospital, Cambridge Road, gun shot wounds to the hands; 3rd January 1917 to 20th January 1917, Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne, fit, sent on furlough; 29th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th February 1917, Rochester, absent from 8.00am until 7.30am 12th February 1917, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 7th March 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th March 1917, embarked / disembarked; 18th April 1917, joined Battalion, "A" Company, In the Field; 3rd May 1917, posted missing.

25th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Henry Wheal, 25, Littlewood Road, Hither Green, Lewisham; Louisa Wheal, 25, Littlewood Road, Hither Green, Lewisham; Brothers - George Edward, age 19, 25, Littlewood Road, Hither Green, Lewisham; Sisters - Dorothy Wheal, age 11, 25, Littlewood Road, Hither Green, Lewisham.

Commemorated  Arras  Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.