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Private A E Whenday


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Private Arthur Edwin WHENDAY, G/19285 ( previously 3258 & 2334), 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 3rd May 1917.

Born Hadlow, Kent, son of John & Sarah Whenday  40 Chichester Road, Tonbridge, Kent.


1911 Census - 40 Chichester Road, Tonbridge, Kent - Arthur Whenday, head, age 32, single, corn chandlers manager, worker, born Hadlow, Kent; Elizabeth Emery, sister, age 45, married, Nurse, (Certified Midwife), own account, born Hadlow, Kent; Jane Whenday, Aunt, age 59, widow, born Seal, Kent; Daisy Whenday, niece, age 21, single, general help (domestic), born Hadlow, Kent.


Enlisted Drill Hall, Tonbridge, Kent, age 34 years & 5 months, height 5ft 8½ inches.  Resided 40 Chichester Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

Home, 14th September 1914 to 28th October 1914; India, 29th October 1914 to 7th March 1916; Home, 8th March 1916 to 12th January 1917; BEF, 13th January 1917 to 3rd May 1917.

14th September 1914, enlisted & posted 4th Battalion, (Territorial) Royal West Kent Regiment, No 3258; 29th October 1914, posted India; 8th March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th June to 16th June 1916, 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton, furlough; 23rd June 1916 to 17th November 1916, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, hernia; 18th November 1916 to Reserve; 13th January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 13th January 1917, attached 1/20 London Regiment; 15th January 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1917, posted missing.

14th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers - John Whenday, age 56, 14 Pembury Road, Tonbridge; Sisters - Elizabeth Emery, age 54, Onslow House, Chichester Road, Tonbridge.

Executor of Will, Mr Henry Cogger, c/o Messrs A H Bailey, 147 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. Legatee of will Mrs Elizabeth Emery (sister), 6 Manor Grove Tonbridge, Kent next of Kin, John Whenday (brother), 14 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent, entitled to medals.

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


Commemorated on Tonbridge War Memorial - Tonbridge War Memorial - The original World War I memorial at the Junction of Pembury Road and Quarry Hill. The names were later re-inscribed in the new Memorial Garden in Bradford Street. 

From Tonbridge History - Arthur Whenday was born in Hadlow in 1878, the son of John and Sarah. In 1901 the family were recorded as living at 23 Hadlow Road and Arthur was working as a carpenter. In 1911 Arthur and his married sister Elizabeth were living at 40 Chichester Road and he was working as a corn chandler’s manager. On the 14th September 1914 Arthur attested as Private 3258 [subsequently 42334 & 19285] in the 4th Battalion [Territorial] Royal West Kent Regiment. He served initially in India from 29th October 1914 until 7th March 1916, when he returned to the UK and was transferred to the 2nd Battalion RWK. He then served in France from 13th January 1917, transferring Battalions again, this time to the 6th Battalion from 15th January 1917. He was initially posted missing, later confirmed as killed in action on 3rd May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.


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