The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte J V Rowe

Private Joseph Victor ROWE, 7697, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Woolwich, Kent, enlisted 2nd May 1904, Woolwich, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 123lbs. (after 6 months Service & gymnastic course, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 134lbs), resided 3 Albert Road, Rochester, Kent. Formerly barman.

Son of William & Ellen? Rowe, 31 Catherine Street, Canning Town, Essex.

Husband of Lilian Sophia Rowe, (nee Scott, spinster), married 25th November 1907, Rochester, Kent.

Child - Lilian Sophia Vera Rowe, born 22nd February 1909, Medway, Kent.

Previously served 3rd Battalion, (Militia), Royal West Kent Regiment.

Home, 2nd May 1904 to 23rd March 1905; Malta, 24th March 1905 to 27th December 1906; Home, 28th December 1906 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 15th December 1918; Home, 16th December 1908 to 18th March 1919.

2nd May 1904, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th May 1904, posted Provisional Battalion; 24th March 1905, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st May 1907, transferred to Army Reserve; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1914, "missing" Prisoner of War in Germany; 16th December 1918, repatriated Leith; 16th December 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th December 1918, held to Serve under Military Service Act 1916-1918;

18th March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

26th May 1919, awarded bounty £20.0.0.

26th December 1961, Registrar of Births & Death, Joseph Victor Rowe, age 79, 48 Nelson Road, Gillingham, Kent, cerebral haemorrhage, arterial sclerosis, informant R U S Rowe, son, 5 Oxford Road, Gillingham, Kent.

This page was last updated on 10-Jan-2015.