The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W C Porter

Private Walter Christopher PORTER, 8062, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 21st May 1915, Lewisham, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 6¼ inches, resided 1 Upper Winchester Road, Catford, SE / 119 Lorrimore Road, London, SE17. Formerly carpenter.

Son of Christopher Robert Porter, 1 Upper Winchester Road, Catford, SE.

Husband of Elsie Porter.

21st May 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 27th February 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th March 1917, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th March 1918, 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, SE; 3rd April 1918, London (City of London), General Hospital, Wyatts Park, Camberwell; 15th April 1918, discharged from London (City of London), General Hospital, Wyatts Park, Camberwell.

24th April 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 27/6 a week for 4 weeks, then 22/- for 48 weeks conditional.

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