The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant H J Jeffery

Serjeant Horace John JEFFERY, 7782, 3rd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born 1884, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, enlisted 9th August 1904, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 118lbs, resided 17 Charles Street, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly milk roundsman (1904), & groom.

Previously served in 3rd Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve, re-engaged 8th August 1907 & 6th August 1908.

Son of Kate Jeffery, 5 Holden Park Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Husband of Rose Elizabeth Jeffery (nee Hughes, spinster), 17 Charles Street, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Married parish church, St Peters, Southborough, 25th December 1910.

Home, 9th August 1904 to 3rd November 1905; China 4th November 1905 to 29th January 1907; Home, 30th January 1907 to 26th December 1914; BEF, 27th December 1914 to ????; Home ???? to 4th March 1919.

9th August 1904, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st November 1904, posted Provisional Battalion; 15th April 1905 appointed Lance Corporal; 14th June 1905, misconduct, reverted from Lance Corporal to Private; 4th November 1905, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th August 1907, transferred to Army Reserve "A"; 8th August 1908, re-engaged Reserves "A"; 8th August 1998, re-engaged Reserves "B"; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st October 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 18th April 1915, wounded, shrapnel wound, right thigh; 15th May 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 18th August 1915, appointed Acting Corporal; 21st December 1915, appointed Acting Lance Sergeant; 1st June 1916, promoted Corporal; 17th August 1916, promoted Acting Sergeant; 17th August 1916, promoted Sergeant; 10th February 1917, wounded, at duty; 14th September 1917, appointed Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant; 11th October 1917, reverts to Sergeant; 26th October 1917, wounded gun shot wound to abdomen; 5th November 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th December 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham; 3rd February 1918, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Military Medal presented; 23rd April 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th March 1919, Transferred to Reserve and Demobilized

Pension 9/- and ninepence a week to be reviewed in 22 weeks. Disability gun shot wound left side, 30% disability,

4th March 1919 discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 26th March 1917.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men :

7782 Sjt. H. J. Jeffery, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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