The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R A Wadkinson

Photograph by "Ian Gedge"

Private Ronald Albert WADKINSON, 3751, "G" Company, 3rd / 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, 6th June 1919, age 23.

23rd September 1894, born Sheerness, Kent, son of William George & Frances Rosina Wadkinson, of 45, Holland Road, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 45, Holland Road, Maidstone, Kent - William Wadkinson, head, age 56, married, Engineer, Clerk of Works, War Dept, Secretary for Locos in Structural Alteration & Buildings, at Maidstone, Barracks, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; Frances Rosina Wadkinson, wife, age 39, married 23 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Newport, South Wales; Ronald Alb Wadkinson, son, age 15, single, Clerk Fremlins Brewery, Brewery, worker, born Sheerness, Kent; Harold Arthur Wadkinson, son, age 8, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Dora Frances Wadkinson, daughter, 5, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Gladys Mary Wadkinson, daughter, age 3, born Maidstone, Kent.

Home 23rd July 1915 to 22nd April 1916.

22nd July 1915, enlisted Maidstone, for Home Service, in the Territorial Force, aged 19 years 10 months, height 6 foot, ruddy complexion, dark brown eyes, jet black hair, scar thumb left hand, scar third finger right hand. Formerly a clerk.

14th March 1916, Medical Board findings, VDH Mitral, origin rheumatic fever, 5 years previously, not as a result of service; Prevents ¾. No overseas Service. Eligible for a gratuity of £50.

22nd April 1916, declared no longer physically fit for War service and discharged. Silver War Badge Awarded.

Buried at Maidstone Cemetery, 1. OO. 108., Maidstone, Kent.

NOTE: this soldier does not appear in the Regimental History Roll of Honour or in Soldiers Died in the Great War; but he is included on the CWGC web site.

This page was last updated on 04-Dec-2023.