The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte W Phillips

Private William PHILLIPS, 23168, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Ealing, Middlesex, enlisted 15th September 1914, Hounslow, age 40, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 161lbs, resided 1 Providence Place, The Grove, Ealing, London, W5 / 20 Dane Road, West Ealing, Middlesex. Formerly painter.

Previously served 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Volunteers, termination of engagement.

Husband of Elizabeth Phillips, (nee Brinson, spinster), married Ealing Dean.

Child -Elsie Violet Phillips, born 1st November 1899, Brentford, Essex.

Home, 15th September 1914 to 26th December 1914; BEF, 27th December 1914 to 1st March 1915; Home, 2nd March 1915 to 15th August 1917.

15th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Middlesex Regiment, 1385; 17th October 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 27th December 1914, posted 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 12th May 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 12th August 1916, transferred to 1st Home Station, Garrison Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

15th August 1917, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 13/6 a week for 26 weeks, conditional. Trench feet attributable to Service.

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