The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Everest

Private Arthur EVEREST, L/10093, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th October 1914, age 20.

Born Sevenoaks, Kent, son of Thomas & Maria Harriett Everest, of 29 Norfolk Road, Tonbridge, Kent / 34, Nelson Avenue, Barden Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - 29 Norfolk Road, Tonbridge, Kent - Thomas Goldsmith, head, age 52, married, fish hawker, born Wateringbury, Kent; Harriet Goldsmith, wife, age 42, married 6 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Sevenoaks, Kent; George Everest, stepson, age 17, single, farm labourer, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Arthur Everest, stepson, age 16, single, butchers boy, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Alice Everest, step daughter, age 14, domestic servant, born Sevenoaks, Kent; William Everest, stepson, age 11, school, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Ethel Everest, step daughter, age 8, school, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Thomas A Goldsmith, son, age 4, born Tonbridge, Kent; Reginald Goldsmith, son, age 2, born Tonbridge, Kent; George Long, step brother, age 41, single, labourer, born Wateringbury, Kent.

24th September 1912, Maidstone, Kent, enlisted into 3rd Battalion, (Special Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.8584; 23rd February 1913, to join Regular Army with parents approval.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 17 years & 7 months, height 5ft 5⅛ inches, weight 114lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scar on forehead above nose, birth mark left side of throat, scar on left thumb, scar front of right knee, tattoo marks left forearm, cross anchor heart letter N 7?. Resided Tonbridge, Kent. Formerly butchers assistant.

Home 24th February 1913 to 13th August 1914; BEF 14th August 1914 to 28th October 1914.

24th February 1913, enlisted 7 posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th March 1913, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th April 1913, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 24th May 1913 to 25th June 1913, King George V Hospital, Dublin, tonsillitis; 24th July 1913, attains the age of 18; 6th September 1913, Dublin, absent from 7.00pm to 7.20pm, 5 days confined to Barracks; 7th September 1913, Dublin, dirty equipment mounting Inchicore Picquet, 2 extra picquets; 27th November 1913, Dublin, absent from Tattoo until 10.20pm, 5 days confined to Barracks; 15th December 1913, Dublin, dirty collar & ????, 2 extra Guards; 26th April 1914, Dubin, drunk in Barracks about 9.30pm, admonished; 29th June 1914, Kilbride, overstaying his pass from Reveille until 5.40am, 7 days confined to Barracks; 10th July 1914, Dublin, absent from Tattoo until 4.30am 11th July, 8 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay.

7th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Step Father, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Mother, Maria Harriett Goldsmith, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Brothers - Percy J Everest, age 27, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; George T? Everest, age 25, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Half Brothers - Thomas Goldsmith, age 12, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Reginald Goldsmith, age 10, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Sisters - Alice M Gray?, age 22, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge; Ethel E Everest, age 18, 34, Nelson Avenue, Tonbridge.

Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Panel 30 and 31, Pas de Calais, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as L/10093; CWGC website show Service No. as L/10098.

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