The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J Rennie

Private James RENNIE, 7956, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 22nd May 1915, Aberdeen, Scotland, age 28, height 5ft 6 inches, resided 216 George Street, Aberdeen, Scotland / 89 Chapel Street, Aberdeen, Scotland / 117 Gerrard Street, Aberdeen, Scotland / 59 Quarry Road, Cove Bay, Kincardinshire.

Husband of Jeannie Adam Rennie, 216 George Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Home, 22nd May 1915 to 16th October 1917; BEF, 17th October 1917 To ?????; Home, ????? to 9th March 1918.

22nd May 1915, enlisted into 3/1st Highland Field Ambulance, RAMC, 2140; 7th February 1916, transferred to Army Service Corps, 293031; 21st June 1917, transferred to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th October 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, right hand.

9th March 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 8/3 a week for 35 weeks.

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