The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal A T Francis

Photograph by "Mr Bob"

Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas FRANCIS, G/7737, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1533, West Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, 9th May 1917, age 22.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Thomas and Harriett Agnes Francis, of "Salehurst", 157, Stephens Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 34 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Thomas Francis, Head, age 40, married, dairy manager, worker, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Harriet A Francis, wife, age 41, married 18 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Robertsbridge, Sussex; A T Francis, son, age 16, single, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; N V Francis, daughter, age 8, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; W E Lusted, niece, age 21, single, born Burwash, Sussex.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, I. F. 8, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France.

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