The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal G R Harber

Photograph by "John Sutherland"

Corporal George Richard HARBER, G/460, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th January 1918, age 23.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of Thomas Henry and Milly Harber, of 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Masons Hill, Kent - Thomas Harber, head, age 43, married, undertaker, own account, born Swanley, Kent; Hannah Harber, wife, age 42, married 17 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Bromley, Kent; George Harber, son, age 16, single, assisting in business, at home, born Bromley, Kent; Alice Harber, daughter, age 13, school, born Bromley, Kent; Hilda Harber, daughter, age 11, school, born Bromley, Kent; May Harber, daughter, age 9, school, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

30th August 1914, enlisted; 1st June 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 3rd October 1915, wounded in action; 6th October 1915, 3rd General Hospital, Le Treport, shell wounds, legs & right arm; 9th October 1915, to England; 12th August 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 25th July 1917, (backdated), promoted Corporal.

30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Henry Harber, 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent; Mother, Milly Harber, 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent; Sisters - Maud Harber, age 21, 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent; Hilda Harber, age 19, 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent; May Harber, age 17, 46, Stanley Road, Bromley, Kent.

Buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery, IX. B. 2., Belgium. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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