The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W D Perrey

Private William Dennis PERREY, 23086, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Called up, 11th October 1916, Maidstone, Kent, age 33, height 5ft 3¾ inches, resided 85 Crampton Road, Penge, SE. Formerly builders labourer.

Husband of Ellen West Perrey, (nee Nicholls, spinster), married 4th March 1905, Beckenham, Kent.

Children - Alfred Edward Perrey, born 24th May 1905, Bromley, Kent; Sophia Violet Perrey, born 16th July 1907, Bromley, Kent.

Home, 11th October 1916 to 31st December 1916; BEF, 1st January 1917 to 2nd May 1917; Missing & Prisoner of War, 3rd May 1917 to 6th January 1919; Home, 7th January 1919 to 26th March 1919.

11th October 1916, Called up for Service; 13th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1917, posted "Missing", Prisoner of War; 7th January 1919, repatriated at Hull; 7th January 12919, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th March 1919, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 8/3 a week for 52 weeks conditional, two children 3/6 a week from 14th April 1919. Disability, 30%, bronchitis.

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