The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J Paine

Private Jesse PAINE, 4695, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 30th November 1914, Bromley, age 38, height 5ft 6½ inches, resided 3 Ivy Cottages, Station Road, Eynsford, Kent. Formerly carman.

Husband of Emily Cristobel Paine, (nee Ellis, spinster), married 9th April 1905, East Barnet, Herts.

Children - Jesse George Paine, born 17th March 1906, New Barnet; Frederick John Paine, born 2nd December 1913, Eynsford, Kent.

Home, 30th November 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF, 22nd April 1915 to 13th September 1916; Home, 14th September 1916 to 5th April 1917.

30th November 1914, enlisted; 3rd December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th April 1915, missing; 17th July 1915, not now missing: 12th September 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, right forearm, severe; 14th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1917, Fulham Military Hospital.

5th April 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 22/- a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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