The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl W H Glanvill

Lance Corporal William Harry GLANVILL, 9708, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 21st August 1915, Maidstone, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 9 inches, resided 54 Dorothy Road, New Wandsworth, Surrey / The Homestead, Barton Mills, Mildenhall, Suffolk. Formerly bank clerk.

Son of Daniel Robert Glanvill, 54 Dorothy Road, New Wandsworth, Surrey.

Home, 21st August 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 2nd July 1916; Home, 3rd July 1916 to 6th February 1917; BEF, 7th February 1917 to 14th April 1917; Home, 15th April 1917 to 14th November 1918.

21st August 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th August 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th November 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; July 1916, wounded, severe, gun shot wound left leg; 3rd July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th November 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st January 1917, deprived of Lance stripe by Commanding Officer; 7th February 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 9th April 1917, wounded, gun shot wounds, right arm & right leg; 15th April 1917, admitted No.16 Canadian Central, (Ontario) Hospital, Orpington, Kent; 18th April 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st December 1917, furlough granted from 21st December 1917 to 31st December 1917, from No.16 Canadian Central, (Ontario) Hospital, Orpington, Kent; 31st December 1917, Maidstone, Kent, overstaying his sick furlough, from Tattoo until 9.00pm January 1st 1918, admonished & forfeits 2 days pay; 30th March 1918, appointed paid Lance Corporal.

5th November 1918, War Office memo, application made from the Ministry of National Service for the release of the soldier in order he may return to civil employment as a bank clerk with London Provincial & SW Bank Ltd, 170 Fenchurch Street, EC3. and it has been decided to sanction his release provided he is willing. It must be explained to this man that if he elects to accept this employment he will only receive the civil wages which his employers are prepared to pay him. If he is desirous to accept this employment you will issue instructions for him to be despatched to the Command Discharge Centre in order he may be transferred to Reserve.

14th November 1918, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Disability, gun shot wounds, left foot & right arm.

Pension, 16/6 a week for 52 weeks, to be reviewed.

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