The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal F Flint

Corporal Frederick FLINT, G/20087, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 29th August 1918, age 20.

Born Tideswell, Derbyshire, son of John & Adeline Ann Flint, of Tideswell, Derbyshire.

1911 Census - Queen Street, Tideswell, near Buxton, Derbyshire - John Bramwell, head, age 49, married, fruiterer & greengrocer, employer, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Adeline Ann Bramwell, wife, age 43, married 4 years, no children, born Bradwell, Derbyshire; Joseph Walton Bramwell, son, age 23, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; John William Bramwell, son, age 19, single, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Clarence Bramwell, son, age 17, single, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Elizabeth Ann Bramwell, daughter, age 11, school, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Emma Bramwell, daughter, age 8, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Miles Walter Flint, stepson, age 22, single, single, assisting in the business, worker, at home, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Sarah Anne Flint, step daughter, age 19, single, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Leslie Flint, stepson, age 15, single, grocer & errand boy, Co-operative Stores, born Tideswell, Derbyshire; Frederick Flint, stepson, age 12, school, born Tideswell, Derbyshire.

Enlisted Tideswell, Derbyshire, age 18 years & 24 days, height 5ft 9 inches. Resided Queen Street, Tideswell, near Buxton, Derbyshire. Formerly fruiterers assistant.

Home 21st August 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 29th August 1918.

21st August 1916 enlisted; 21st August 1916 to Army Reserve; 9th September 1916, mobilized; 11th September 1916, posted; 14th April 1917, re-mobilized; 17th April 1917, joined No.3. Cavalry Depot; 19th April 1917, posted 3rd Reserve G.S.Cavalry Regiment, Scarborough, Service No.33761; 25th August 1917, transferred to 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 13th October 1917, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 21st November 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 12th December 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 31st January 1918, Bordyhera, 39 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, shell wound, left buttock; 5th February 1918, 66 General Hospital, shell wound, left butt; 17th March 1918, 62 General Hospital, Italy, gun shot wound, left buttock; 29th March 1917, rejoined Battalion, "B" Company; 29th June 1918, appointed Acting Corporal, paid, for Service in the Field; 1st August 1918, awarded Military Medal for gallantry & devotion to Duty in the Field.

28th? October? 1919? - Statement of Relatives - Step father, John Bramwell, Queen Street, Tideswell; Mother, A A Bramwell, Queen Street, Tideswell; Brother - Miles Walter Flint, age 30, Queen Street, Tideswell; Sister - Sarah Anne Sellars, age 27, Sherwood Road, Tideswell.

Brother - Corporal Leslie Flint, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), Service Number 17818, died 10th October 1918, aged 22.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.

AWARDS: MM

see also Pte W Flint, related?

London Gazette 13th November 1918.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men:

G/20087 Pte. (A./Cpl.) F. Flint (Tideswell, nr. Buxton).

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