The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal J B Exton

Photograph by "Sandi P"

Lance Corporal Joseph Beecroft EXTON, G/16557, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of influenza & bronchial pneumonia, Frouville General Hospital, Flanders, France, 8th November 1918.

Born Osbournby, Lincolnshire, son of Joseph & Jane Exton, of Whittlesey.

5th April 1907, Peterborough Register Office, married Emily Eliza Henson, spinster, 3 Hankey Street, Peterborough.

Children - Ethel Exton, born 20th June 1908, Peterborough; Rose Exton, born 29th September 1911, Peterborough; Daisy Exton, 11th January 1914, Peterborough.

1911 Census - Kingsland, Coates, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire - Joseph Beecroft Exton, head, age 28, married, farm labourer, born Osbournby, Lincolnshire; Emily Eliza Exton, wife, age 26, married 4 years, 1 child, still alive, born Peterborough, Northamptonshire; Ethel Eunice Exton, daughter, age 3, born Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire.

Called up, Northampton, age 36, height 5ft 6 inches, 135lbs. Resided 3 Hankey St, Peterborough. Formerly sweep.

Home, 8th July 1916 to 7th December 1916; BEF, 8th December 1916 to 26th October 1917; Home, 27th October 1917 to 18th March 1918; BEF, 19th March 1918 to 8th November 1918.

8th July 1916, called up for Service; 12th July 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1916, disembarked; 21st December 1916, joined Battalion, "C" Company; 26th September 1917, 59 General Hospital, hernia; 13th October 1917, 4 Stationary Hospital, left inguinal hernia; 26th October 1917, to England, Hospital Ship, A J Stad Antwerp; 27th October 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th October 1917 to 8th December 1917, 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, left hernia; 28th December 1917 to 4th March 1918, Eastern Command Depot, post operative, left hernia; 5th March 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th March 1918, posted BEF; 21st March 1918, embarked; 1st April 1918, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th June 1918, 38 Field Ambulance, ICJ groin; 13th June 1918, Rouen, 10 General Hospital, sinus groin; 14th June 1918, Trouvelle?, 73 General Hospital, sinus groin; 9th July 1918, 14 Convalescent Depot; 10th August 1918, Infantry Base Depot; 23rd August 1918, rejoined Battalion; 2nd September 1918, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 3rd September 1918, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 21st September 1918, wounded; 22nd September 1918, Rouen, 9 General Hospital, bullet wound, chest; 24th September 1918, 2 Convalescent Depot; 26th September 1918, 14 Convalescent Depot; 8th November 1918, 73 General Hospital, died of influenza & bronchial pneumonia.

16th May 1919, pension of 29/7 a week awarded to widow and three children.

2nd June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emily Eliza Exton, 3 Hankey Street; Children - Ethel Eunice, 20th June 1908; Rose Hannah, 9th September 1911; Daisy Emily, 10th January 1914; Father, Joseph Exton, Whittlesey; Mother, deceased; Brothers - John Exton, age 48?, 10 Westgate, Grantham; George Exton, age 45?, Chesterfield; Sisters - Ethel Brown?, age 41, Ryhall Stamford; Kate Stubbs, age 45, Uppingham.

Buried at Tourgeville Military Cemetery, VII. A. 8., Calvados, France.

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