The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J M Roney

Private James Markham RONEY, 1386, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Westminster, Middlesex, enlisted 7th September 1914, Maidstone, Kent, age 32, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 130lbs, resided 25 The Broadway, Westminster, Middlesex. Formerly groom.

Son of Hannah Roney, 25 The Broadway, Westminster, Middlesex.

Home, 7th September 1914 to 24th May 1915; BEF, 25th May 1915 to 15th September 1916; Home, 16th September 1916 to 26th May 1917.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st January 1915 to 9th February 1915, Fort Pitt Military Hospital Chatham, Kent, pharyngitis; 2nd April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th May 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1915, In the Field, whist on Active Service, absent from 8.30pm to 9.00pm, 7 days confined to Barracks

16th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 10th March 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th May 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 8/3 a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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