The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A H Fitzhugh

Private Alfred Hugh FITZHUGH, G/2257, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed as on or after 26th September 1915, age 17.

Born St Marys, Blackburn, Lancashire, son of Ernest Henry & Kate Fitzhugh, of 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire. Three brothers, two sisters.

1911 Census - 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire - Ernest Henry Fitzhugh, head, age 44, married, miller, rollerman in flour mill, worker, born Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire; Kate Fitzhugh, wife, age 46, married 22 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Ecton, Northamptonshire; Winifred Emily Fitzhugh, daughter, age 21, single, cotton weaver, born Blisworth, Northamptonshire; Henry Arthur Fitzhugh, son, age 19, single, butcher, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Harold Fitzhugh, son, age 17, single, worker in cotton warehouse, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Alice Fitzhugh, daughter, age 17, single, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Charles Fitzhugh, son, age 15, single, worker in cotton warehouse, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Alfred Hugh Fitzhugh, son, age 13, grocers errand lad, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Frederick Alan Fitzhugh, son, age 10, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Sidney Fitzhugh, son, age 6, born Blackburn, Lancashire.

Enlisted Blackburn, Lancashire, age 19 years & 2 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 116lbs, sallow complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, slight flat foot. Formerly scale maker.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th October 1914, Shoreham, irregular conduct in the ranks & using obscene language to an NCO, 10 days confined to Camp; 29th April 1915, Shoreham, reporting sick without cause, 8 days confined to Barracks; 13th August 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass 12.00 midnight till 2.00pm 14th August, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 30th August 1915, embarked; 26th September 1915, posted wounded and missing.

6th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Ernest Henry Fitzhugh, 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire; Brothers - Harold Fitzhugh, age 26, 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire; Frederick A Fitzhugh, age 18, 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire; Sidney Fitzhugh, 14, 133, Queen's Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire; Sisters - Winifred E Smith, 53 Dukes Brow?, Blackburn, Lancashire; Alice Laney, 53 Dukes Brow?, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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