The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Fryer

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Private Albert FRYER, G/2338, "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Meaulte, Flanders France, 15th October 1915, age 24.

Born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, son of Frank and Mary Elizabeth Fryer, of 48, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London / 55, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London.

1911 Census - 48, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London - Frank Fryer, head, age 45, married, jobbing gardener, born Penn, Buckinghamshire; Mary Elizabeth Fryer, wife, age 45, married 23 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born Greenwich, London; Albert Fryer, son, age 20, printer apprentice, compositor, born Penn, Buckinghamshire; William Fryer, son, age 17, single, printer apprentice, compositor, born Lee, Kent; Arthur Fryer, son, age 13, school, born Lee, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 23 years & 180 days, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 105lbs, dark complexion, green eyes, dark brown hair, varicocele left, scar on right eyebrow, small round scar on right side of nose. Resided Blackheath, Kent. Formerly compositor.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915, to 15th October 1915.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF.

14th July 1919, Statement of relatives - Father, Frank Fryer, 55, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London; Mother, Mary Elizabeth Fryer, 55, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London; Brothers - William Fryer, age 26, 55, Furzefield Road, Blackheath, London; Arthur Fryer, age 22, Dilel? War Hospital.

Co legatee Mother & Father, Frank & Mary Fryer / Miss Florence Emma Harris

Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, C. 3., Somme, France.

NOTE: brother of Lance Corporal Frank FRYER, G/2339, who also fell.

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