The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W Farrant

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Corporal William FARRANT, G/4706, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd July 1916.

Born Chelsea, SW.

1911 Census - 12, Winchester Road, Lower Edmonton - Charles Henderson, head, age 60, married, grocers warehouseman, worker, born Arran, Galway, Ireland; Emily Henderson, wife, age 47, married 11 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Bisley, Gloucestershire; Wilhelmina Henderson, daughter, age 9, born Wandsworth; Christine Henderson, daughter, age 3, born Edmonton; Dudley Perry, boarder, age 20, single, motor engineer, born London; William Farrant, boarder, age 22, single, gardener, born Chelsea.

14th November 1911, Registry Office, Edmonton, married Ada Elizabeth Caroline Platt, spinster, 51, Winchester Road, Lower Edmonton.

Children - Ada Ellen Georgina, born 18th April 1912, Edmonton; William Henry, born 24th October 1914, Edmonton.

Enlisted Edmonton, N, age 26 years & 6 months, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 1122lbs, tattoo marks on both forearms, small scar on right shoulder. Resided 31, Winchester Road, Church Street, Lower Edmonton, London. Formerly nurseryhand.

30th November 1914, enlisted; 2nd December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "C" Company; 21st June 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 30th December 1915, appointed Acting Corporal; 8th January 1916, relegated to Temporary Lance Corporal; 8th January 1916 to 11th January 1916, 13 Field Ambulance, tonsillitis; 11th January 1916, re-appointed Acting Corporal; 16th April 1916, Field Ambulance, P.U.O.; 16th April 1916, relegated to unpaid Lance Corporal; 9th May 1916, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 23rd May 1916, joined Battalion, "C" Company; 1st June 1916, promoted Corporal; 22nd July 1916, posted wounded & missing.

9th April 1917, pension awarded of 24/2 a week to widow & two children.

Buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, IV. J. 8., Longueval, Somme, France.

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