The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Frisby

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Private Alfred FRISBY, L/13193, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached British Delegation, Inter Allied Military Commission in Austria), died, 19th July 1920.

21st March 1896, born Canterbury, Kent, son of Alfred & Elizabeth Frisby of 1 Assylum Cottages, Chartham, nr Canterbury, Kent.

1911 Census - 175 London Road, Dover, Kent - George William Forwood, head, age 51, married, farmer?, employer, at home, born Charlton, Dover; Charlotte Forwood, wife, age 53, married 19 years, no children, assisting in business, born Buckland, Dover; Harriet Brett, mother in law, age 79, widow, private means, born Lyminge, Kent; Francis Emaline Brett, sister in law, age 47, spinster, visitor, born Buckland, Dover; Alfred Frisby, servant, age 15, single, milk carrier, born Canterbury, Kent.

Enlisted, Canterbury, age 18 years & 8 days, height 5ft 6 inches, previously served in Merchant Navy; Born Bromley, Kent; Resided 1 Assylum Cottages, Chartham, nr Canterbury, Kent; Formerly baker.

Home 25th November 1914 to 17th July 1915; Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 18th July 1915 to 25th December 1918; En Route to UK, 26th December 1918 to 9th January 1919; Home 10th January 1919 to 9th April 1919.

25th November 1914, enlisted 4th Reserve Battalion, The Buffs, Service No.2985; 25th April1915, transferred to 2nd/4th Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.6062; 19th July 1915, Devonport, embarked; 9th August 1915, Sulva, landed; 14th October 1916, attached Imperial Command Corps, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No./202611; 13th May 1917 to 22nd May 1917, Ranikhet Hospital, JCT big toe; 1st November 1917, posted missing; 2nd November 1917, Palestine, Dal-el-Ter?, wounded bullet to head, captured, interned Cozante?; 18th July 1918, Prisoner of War in Turkey; 20th November 1918, Prisoner of War, released Aexandria; 14th December 1918, Port Said, disembarked from Turkey; 26th December 1918, Port Said, embarked for UK; 10th January 1919, posted Depot, 21st ???; 9th April 1919, discharged from Territorial Force & re-enlisted.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 23 years & 20 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, 140lbs, sallow complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, scar right leg hernia op, mole left axilla. Resided 1 Assylum Cottages, Chartham, nr Canterbury, Kent. Formerly ships fireman.

Home, 10th April 1919 to 12th July 1920; En Route to Austria, 13th July 1920 to 19th July 1920.

10th April 1919, enlisted; 29th July 1919, attached Eastern Command Labour Centre, Park Royal, pending embarkation to Inter Allied Military Commission in Austria; 13th July 1920, ceases to be attached Eastern Command Labour Centre, on proceeding to Commandant Austria, Bridge House, London, prior to embarkation overseas for duty with Inter Allied Military Commission of control in Austria; 19th July 1920, Innsbrucke, died at result of electric shock on train.

21st July 1920, Vienna, Court of Enquiry.

30th November 1920, Alfred & Elizabeth Frisby, 1 The Downs, Chartham, nr Canterbury, Kent.

Buried at Klagenfurt War Cemetery, VIII. D. 11., Austria. (Previously buried in Baumgarten Cemetery, Vienna).

NOTE: Not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War, but shown on CWGC web site.

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