The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Beer

Private Albert BEER, (alias Albert Kirk), L/10976, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 16th April 1917.

Born August 1897, Lewisham, Kent, son of Herbert & Lilian Mary Beer, 94 Station Road, Penge, SE.

1911 Census - 18 Glenville Grove, Deptford, SE - Herbert Beer, head, age 45, married, horsekeeper, mineral water works, born Canterbury, Kent; Lillian Beer, wife, age 24, married 2 years, 1 child still alive, born Barking, Essex; Stanley Beer, son, age 15, single, office boy, coal merchant, born Lewisham, Kent; Albert Beer, son, age 14, school, born Lewisham, Kent; Herbert James Beer, son, age 11, school, born Lewisham, Kent; Florence Beer, daughter, age 9, school, born Lewisham, Kent; Adith Beer, daughter, age 1 year, born Paddington, London.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 119lbs. Resided Penge, Kent. Formerly fishmonger.

Home 10th August 1915 to 16th December 1916; BEF 17th December 1916 to 16th April 1917.

10th August 1915, enlisted; 14th August 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th August 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1916, Qualified as 1st Class Signaller; 17th December 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th December 1916, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

14th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Step Father to Soldier, Herbert Beer, 94 Station Road, Penge, SE; Mother, Lillian Beer, 94 Station Road, Penge, SE; Brothers - John Stanley Beer, age 23, Royal West Kent Regiment; Herbert James Beer, age 19, Royal West Kent Regiment; Sister, Florence Beer, age 16, 94 Station Road, Penge, SE.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.

This page was last updated on 21-Dec-2016.