The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sgt H Rowe

Sergeant Harold ROWE, 2609, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Weybridge, London, Surrey, enlisted 8th September 1914, Hammersmith, age 23, height 6ft 0¾ inches, weight 142lbs. Formerly warehouse assistant & indoor servant.

Son of Robert Thomas Rowe, The Lodge, Bridgewater Road, Weybridge, Surrey.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 28th September 1915; Home, 29th September 1915 to 15th December 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st November 1914, promoted Lance Corporal; 21st December 1914, promoted Sergeant; 27th September 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, left leg; 29th September 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th May 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 2nd November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

15th December 1916, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 22/9 a week for 6 months, conditional.

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