The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Foolkes

Private Alfred FOOLKES, G/17137, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917, age 39.

18th SEptember 1878, born Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

1st November 1898, entry into service with London & North Western Railway Company, lampman & point cleaner, height 5ft 6½ inches, salary 18/-. From 26th February 1904, salary 19/-; from 28th December 1906, salary 20/-.

17th November 1903, Parish Church, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, married Emily Young, spinster, of 137 Harley Road, Harlesden, NW.

Children - Constance Ada Foolkes, born 10th November 1913, Newport Pagnell, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

1911 Census - 43 Osborne Street, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire - Alfred Foolkes, head, age 32, married, railway lampman, London & North Western Railway Company, born Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire; Emily Foolkes, wife, age 26, married 7 years, 1 child born alive, 1 child died, born Brackley, Northamptonshire; * Charles William Foolkes, son, under one month, born Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

*entry crossed through.

Enlisted Harlesden, NW, age 38 years & 87 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 130lbs, defective teeth. Resided 137 Harley Road, Harlesden, NW / 204, Hitchin Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. Formerly labourer.

Separation Allowance of 16/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to wife.

Home, 7th December 1915 to 23rd November 1916; BEF, 24th November 1916 to 7th June 1917.

7th December 1915, enlisted; 8th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th July 1916, mobilized; 31st July 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, embarked / disembarked; 24th November 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 28th March 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

7th January 1918, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow and one child.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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