The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte T H Rayward

Private Thomas Henry RAYWARD, 12287, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 17th January 1916, age 23, height 5ft 11 inches, resided Mill House, Ashurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / Sunny View, Blackham, nr Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly booksellers assistant.

Son of Henry Edwin Rayward, Mill House, Ashurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home, 17th January 1916 to 12th November 1917; BEF, 13th November 1917 to 4th July 1918; Home, 5th July 1918 to 17th January 1919.

17th January 1916, enlisted; 18th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 18th February 1916, mobilized; 20th February 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1916, posted 1st Home Station Garrison Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd February 1917, transferred to Suffolk Regiment; 26th June 1917, transferred to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st July 1918, wounded, gun shot wound, right eye & face; 5th July 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

17th January 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 19/8 a week for 13 weeks, conditional. Disability 70%.

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