The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W Devlin

Private William DEVLIN, 1189, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Dungannon, Tyrone, enlisted 5th September 1914, Gravesend, Kent, age 23, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 141lbs, resided 28 Oban Street, Portadown, Co. Armagh / 18 Woodford Street, Belfast.. Formerly ships fireman.

Son of William & Mary Jane Devlin, 28 Oban Street, Portadown, Co. Armagh.

Home, 5th September 1914 to 23rd September 1915; BEF, 24th September 1915 to 11th June 1916; Home, 12th June 1916 to 13th June 1917; BEF, 14th June 1917 to 23rd December 1917; Home, 24th December 1917 to 23rd June 1918.

5th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th June 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass form 9.30pm until 7.00pm 1st July 1915, admonished, forfeits 1 says pay; 3rd July 1915, drunk & disorderly on the SS Rathmore about 11.00pm, & using obscene language, awarded 14 days detention by Commanding Officer; 27th August 1915, overstaying his pass from 10.00pm till noon 2nd September 1915, absent from Parade 3.00pm 29th August 1915 on the Battalion proceeding overseas, 168 hours detention, forfeits 7 days pay; 11th September 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th September 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th June 1916, admitted 2 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gun shot wound right side; 12th June 1916, ex General Hospital, Camiers, to Hospital Ship Brighton to UK & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th January 1917 to 18th April 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, gun shot wound stomach; 19th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1917, Fort Horsted, whilst on active service, absent from 9.30pm 22nd April until 9.45pm on 23rd April 1917, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 29th May 1917, Fort Horsted, whilst on active service, overstaying his pass from Tattoo until 4.00pm 1st JUne 1917, admonished, forfeits 4 days pay; 14th June 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 23rd June 1917, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1917 to 12th October 1917, awarded 28 days Field Punishment No.1. by Commanding Officer, for making a false statement and absence; 21st December 1917, Rouen, ICT left hand; 24th December 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd March 1918 to 1st April 1918, 2nd Southern General Hospital, furlough; 1st April 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

23rd June 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension 27/6 for 4 weeks (24th June 1918 to 23rd July 1918), then 16/6 a week to be reviewed in 28 weeks.

This page was last updated on 08-Apr-2013.