The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Wise

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private John WISE, G/4617, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 18 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 9th March 1916.

Born Blackburn, Lancashire.

20th July 1912, Registrars Office, Blackburn, Lancashire, married Eleanor Tracey, 65 Whalley St, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Children - Stanley Wise, born 9th December 1912, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Enlisted Blackburn, Lancashire, age 28 years & 11 months, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 105lbs. Resided 65 Whalley Street, Blackburn, Lancashire / 11 Hilton Street, Blackburn, Lancashire. Formerly spinner.

Home 21st November 1914 to 14th June 1915; BEF 15th June 1915 to 9th March 1916..

21st November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th November 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th April 1915, absent from Tattoo until 10.45am 12th April 1915, admonished and forfeits 9 days pay; 9th May 1915, Chatham, absent from Tattoo until 3.00pm on 10th inst, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 15th June 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1915, embarked; 26th June 1915, joined Battalion, In the Field; 23rd November 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal;.

11th September 1916, pension of 15/- a week awarded to widow and one child.

Buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, I. E. 16., Pas de Calais, France.

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