The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal T A N Milledge

Lance Corporal Thomas Albert Noel MILLEDGE, G/13033, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after 3rd May 1917, age 22.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of *Joseph William Dawes & #Catherine Elizabeth Milledge, of 146, Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent.

# 1903 September, Gravesend Registration District, died age 36.

* 18th April 1909, St Mary Magdalene with St Mathias, Richmond, Surrey, Joseph William Dawes Milledge, age 45, widower, blind maker, 146, Old Road West, Gravesend, father John Milledge, deceased, blind maker, married Selina Annie Farrell, age 40, widow, 1 Eton Terrace, Richmond, father John Palmer, deceased, photographer.

1911 Census - 146, Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent - Joseph William Dawes Milledge, head, age 47, married, window blind maker, employer, born Gravesend, Kent; Selina Annie Milledge, wife, age 42, married 1 year, no children, born Hereford or Ladbury, Herefordshire; Catherine Elizabeth Milledge, daughter, age 18, single, born Gravesend, Kent; Thomas Albert Noel Milledge, son, age 17, clerk, Gas Company, worker, born Gravesend, Kent.

Enlisted 16th November 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 21 years & 157 days, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 126lbs, two decayed teeth. Resided 146, Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly blind makers assistant.

Home, 16th November 1915 to 13th July 1916; BEF, 14th July 1916 to 11th October 1916; Home, 12th October 1916 to 6th March 1917; BEF, 7th March 1917 to 3rd May 1917.

16th November 1915, enlisted; 17th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th April 1916, mobilized; 11th April 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, posted BEF; 14th July 1916, embarked; 15th July 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 21st July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 30th September 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 7th October 1916, wounded, gun shot wound to left side of neck; 11th October 1916, transferred to England, HS Western Australia, ex General Hospital, Rouen; 12th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1916, Western General Hospital, Cardiff; 3rd February 1917, Red Cross Hospital Carmarthen, much improved and discharged on furlough; 13th February 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th March 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th March 1917, embarked / disembarked; 4th April 1917, to 10th Entrenching Battalion; 18th April 1917, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 18th April 1917, reverts to Private on joining Battalion, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal with seniority from 30th September 1916; 3rd May 1917, posted missing.

19th November 1921, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Joseph William Dawes Milledge; Mother, deceased; Brothers - William J Milledge, age 34, 6 Manor Road, Tilbury, Essex; Edward? V Milledge, age 30, 35 Hurstbourne? Road, Forest Hill; Sisters - Catherine E Milledge, age 28, 146, Old Road West, Gravesend.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

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