The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Sweetman

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Private Albert Edward SWEETMAN, G/4155, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 14th October 1915.

Born Battersea, Surrey, son of Albert Edward & Elizabeth Sweetman, 72 Felixstowe Road, Lower Edmonton.

1911 Census - 72 Felixstowe Road,  Edmonton, N - Albert Edward Sweetman, head, age 43, married, sheet metal worker, gas meter maker, worker, Born Brighton, Sussex; Elizabeth Sweetman, wife, age 40, married 20 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Fulham, London; Edward Walter Sweetman, son, age 17, single, upholsterer, small chair, worker, born Battersea, London; Ethel May Sweetman, daughter, age 16, single, dressmaker, blouses, worker, born Battersea, London; Eleanor Maud Sweetman, daughter, age 14, single, dressmaker, blouses, worker, born Battersea, London; Albert Edward Sweetman, son, age 12, school, born Battersea, London; Florence Louisa Sweetman, daughter, age 10, school, born Edmonton, Middlesex; William George Sweetman, son, age 6, born Edmonton, Middlesex; Frederick John Sweetman, son, age 4, born Edmonton, Middlesex; Dorrest Elizabeth Sweetman, daughter, age 7 months, born Edmonton, Middlesex.

Enlisted Edmonton, Middlesex, age 19 years & 1 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 119lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, small scar right forearm.

Home 21st October 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 14th October 1915

21st October 1914, enlisted; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; 1st June 1915, embarked.

26th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Albert Edward Sweetman; Mother, Elizabeth Sweetman; Brothers - Edward Walter Sweetman, age 15; Frederick John Sweetman, age 13; John Antonia Sweetman, age 6; Sisters - Ethel May Sweetman, age 24; Elenor Maud Sweetman, age 22; Doris Elizabeth Sweetman, age 8; Florence Louisa Sweetman, age 18.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.