The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W Parker

Private William PARKER, 10264, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 15th October 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 2¼ inches, resided c/o Mrs Broomfield, 4 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent / 3 George Street, Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent / 92 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent / 99 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly general labourer.

Husband of Mary Jane Parker, (nee Thacker, spinster), married 16th August 1918, Maidstone, Kent.

Children - Elsie May Thacker, born 14th April 1907, Leicester; Francis Winifred Thacker, born 15th March 1917, Maidstone, Kent.

Home, 15th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 22nd July 1916; Home, 23rd July 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF, 3rd October 1916 to 13th February 1918; Home, 14th February 1918 to 20th September 1918.

15th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th October 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th January 1916, Aldershot, when on active service, absent from Tattoo 10.00pm until 7.00am 10th January, 9 hours, missing 7.00 am Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 9th March 1916, Aldershot, when on active service, hesitating to obey an order given by an NCO, 7 days confined to Barracks; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 23rd July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd October 1916, posted Infantry Base Depot & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1917, having dirty equipment on the 8.15am Parade, 4 days confined to Barracks; 24th April 1917, having a dirty rifle on the 8.45 am Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 3rd May 1917, wounded, missing, Prisoner of War; 19th January 1918, repatriated; 20th January 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

20th September 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 16/6 a week for 52 weeks, to be reviewed. Disability, gun shot wound, right elbow.

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