The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant J A Fleming

Second Lieutenant John Allister FLEMING, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 22nd July 1916, age 23.

Born Beckenham, Kent, son of the Reverend Robert Stewart Fleming and Margaret Lawson Fleming, of 11, Elm Road, Beckenham, Kent.

1911 Census - 7 Manor Road, Beckenham, Kent - Robert Stewart Fleming, head, age 51, married, Baptist Minister, born Dundee, Forfarshire; Margaret Lawson Fleming, wife, age 47, married 20 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Glasgow, Lanarkshire; James Scott Fleming, son, age 19, single, merchants clerk, born Pitlochry, Perthshire,; John Allister Fleming, son, age 18, single, tea taster, born Beckenham, Kent; Atholl Douglas Fleming, son, age 16, single, accountants clerk, born Beckenham, Kent; Aileen Margaret Fleming, daughter, age 15, single, school, born Beckenham, Kent; Mary Constance Fleming, daughter, age 11, school, born Beckenham, Kent; Evan Oliphant Fleming, son, age 8, school, born Beckenham, Kent; Kathleen Joyce Fleming, daughter, age 4, born Beckenham, Kent; Robert Stewart Fleming, son, age 3, born Beckenham, Kent; Maud Ellen Marks, servant, age 24, single, ladys help domestic, born Wantage, Berkshire; Annie Camelia Elliot, servant, age 20, single, general servant domestic, born Oxted, Surrey.

14th February 1915, posted BEF; 22nd July 1916, posted missing.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France & Beckenham Baptist Church War Memorial.

London Gazette 17th September 1915.

War Office, 11th September, 1915. REGULAR FORCES. INFANTRY.

The under mentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men from the 28th (County of London) Battalion, Service No.3094, The London Regiment (Artists Rifles), unless otherwise stated, to be temporary Second Lieutenants. Dated 15th August, 1915.

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Private J. A. Fleming.

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