Soldier Record
Francis Norman Kingswood
Contributed by: G McGookin, on 2008-11-13
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Francis Norman |
| Surname | Kingswood |
| Year of Birth | 1895 |
| Year of Death | 1949 |
| Regiment | Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Sevenoaks, Kent |
Francis Norman's Story
I never Knew my grandad Francis as he died long before I was born. Francis enlisted with the Queens Own Royal West Kent Yeomanry on 8-10-1915 before transferring to the Buffs in January 1917. On 5-2-1917 he joined his unit in Alexandria Egypt. Francis was admitted to hospital in Cairo with a gunshot wound to the shoulder at the end of October but recovered to rejoin his unit before finally being demobbed on 1-4-1919. In 1939 Francis re-enlisted to serve with the R A S C in the UK for the duration of WW2.
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