The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W Dick

Private William DICK, 6575, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 25th May 1915, Woolwich, age 33, height 5ft 5½ inches, resided 58 Mount Pleasant Road, Dartford, Kent. Formerly grave digger.

Husband of Caroline Amelia Dick, (nee Huggins), 58 Mount Pleasant Road, Dartford, Kent. Married 12th October 1912, Dartford, Kent.

Children - William James Dick, born 6th July 1914, Dartford, Kent; Lilian Dick, born 14th November 1915, Dartford, Kent.

Home, 25th May 1915 to 30th September 1915; BEF, 1st October 1915.

25th May 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th May 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st October 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 4th JUne 1916, wounded, gun shot wound left buttock; 9th June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th June 1917, War Hospital, Croydon.

21st July 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Pension, 22/- a week for 26 weeks conditional.

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