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Pte. Harold Edwin Rosevear
British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Truro, Cornwall
Harold Rosevear enlisted on 8th December 1915. He was initially posted to the 2/5th battalion of The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. He embarked at Folkestone on 12th September 1917 and disembarked at Boulogne. He was then posted to 3/4th Battalion, arriving at the infantry base in Etaples. He was then posted to 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment and was noted as in the field on 16th September 1917. On 3rd October 1917 he was wounded in action, receiving gunshot wounds to the head and leg.