The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant T W Roberts


Home     


Second Lieutenant Thomas William ROBERTS, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 30th September 1916, age 20.

Born Forest Hill, Kent, son of Thomas Richard Roberts and Elizabeth Ball Roberts, 83 Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, London / The White House, 74 Red Down Road, Coulsdon, Surrey.


1911 Census - Palmers School, Grays, Essex - Thomas William Roberts, pupil in endowed school, boarder, age 14, born Forest Hill, Kent.

1911 Census -  83 Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, London SE - Thomas Richard Roberts, head, age 43, married, builder, employer, born Deptford, London; Elizabeth Ball Roberts, wife, age 40, married 191 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Mevagissey, Cornwall;  Elsie Roberts, daughter, age 19, single, school, born Forest Hill, London; Winifred Roberts, daughter, age 15, single, school, born Forest Hill, London; Annie Chesterfield, visitor, age 26, single, teacher, London County Council, born Mevagissey, Cornwall;  Florence May Geer, servant, age 21, single, general servant, domestic, born Sydenham, London. 


Formerly Private, 28th London Regiment, Service No.3199.

Proceeded to France with Artists' Rifles January 1915.

8th May 1915, posted BEF.

30th July 1916, commissioned. Gazetted September, 1916.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.


This page was last updated on 19-Sep-2021.

Copyright © 2008 Janet & Richard Mason