The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Cornish

Photograph by P.Dagwell

Private Albert Edward CORNISH, G/31239, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G.S. 3/38953, East Surrey Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 21st September 1918, age 27.

Born Delimare, Wiltshire, son of James Cornish, of Benacre.

1911 Census - Benacre, Wrentham, Wangford, Suffolk - James William Cornish, head, age 48, married, farm bailiff, born Frome, Somerset; Frances Helen Cornish, wife, age 52, married 22 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Cringleford, Norfolk; Albert Edward Cornish, son, age 19, single, stockman on farm, born Bapton, Wiltshire; William Davey Cornish, son, age 17, single, pupil teacher, East Suffolk County Council, born Bapton, Wiltshire; Arthur James Cornish, son, age 12, school, born North Charford, Hampshire.

Enlisted New York, USA. Resided Cleburne, Texas, USA.

Husband of Emma Louisa Mills, (formerly Cornish), of 170, High St., Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, XIII. D. 16., Pas de Calais, France.

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