The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte P C Pope

Private Percy Charles POPE, 11054, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 15th November 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 7¼ inches, resided Pound Hill Farm, Frittenden, Kent. Formerly farmer.

Son of Charles Pope, Pound Hill Farm, Frittenden, Kent.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 2nd October 1917; Home, 3rd October 1917 to 9th October 1918.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; September 1917, wounded, bullet wound, right leg, knee, severe; 3rd October 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th April 1918, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 4th September 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th October 1918, Leysdown Camp.

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

Pension, 11/- a week for 26 weeks, to be reviewed.

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