The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Fulkes

Private Alfred James FULKES, 13413, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached 34th Light Trench Mortar Battery), died of Meningitis, at 30 CCS, JIFT Station, serving with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 19th November 1918, age 30.

9th September 1888, born London.

30th September 1888, St Peter, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, baptism of Alfred James Fulkes, son of Alfred George, (printer), & Frances Fulkes, 45 York Street.

1911 Census - 44 Pix Road, Letchworth, Herts - James Simpkin, head, age 54, married, jobbing gardener, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; Emma Simpkin, wife, age 51, married 33 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, house duties, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; Alfred Simpkin, son, age 28, single, blacksmiths labourer, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; Annie Simpkin, daughter, age 23, single, printers, book folder, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; Lily Simpkin, daughter, age 18, single, printers, book folder, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; George Simpkin, son, age 21, single, plumbers labourer, born Stondon, Bedfordshire; Alfred Fulkes, boarder, age 22, single, printer machine minder, born Hackney, London.

13th April 1912, Register Office, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, married Annie Martha Simpkins, spinster, of 14, Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

Child - Alfred Stanley Fulkes, born 20th June 1915, Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

Enlisted Hitchin, Hertfordshire, age 27 years & 3 months, height 5ft 3¾ inches, weight 123lbs, 6 teeth decayed 2 missing. Resided 14 Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Formerly printers storekeeper.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 4th September 1916; Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 5th September 1916 to 19th November 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 12th April 1916, mobilized; 13th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th July 1916, Aldershot, not complying with an orders, refusing to advance when ordered, refusing to give his name, 96 hours detention;

1st September 1916, transferred to 23rd Brigade, 99th Reserve Battalion; 5th September 1916, posted Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1916, Devonport, embarked; 2nd October 1916, Busra, disembarked; 7th November 1916, admitted to Junction Camp; 13th November 1916, discharged from Junction Camp; 14th November 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 7th December 1916, 19 CSA?, admitted NYD; 14th January 1917, discharged; 20th January 1917, rejoined Battalion; 8th March 1917, 19 CSA?, admitted impetigo; 29th March 1917, 27 CCS, discharged; 16th April 1917, 108 CSA, admitted PUO; 19th April 1917, discharged; 23rd July 1917, Kut, 24 General Hospital, admitted with sand fly fever; 4th August 1917, discharged; 8th August 1917, Amara, joined Battalion; 25th October 1917, talking on Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 10th November 1917, not complying with an order, 3 days confined to Barracks; 10th November 1917, 19 General Hospital; 9th December 1917, Baghdad, transferred to Convalescent Depot; 23rd December 1917, discharged to Rest Camp; 24th January 1918,rejoined from temporary duty Baghdad; 10th March 1918, attached 34th Light Trench Mortar Battery, attended Stokes Mortar School, Baghdad; 11th November 1918, admitted to Hospital; 17th November 1918, reported dangerously ill with influenza; 19th November 1918, died of disease.

1st June 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 22/- a week payable to wife will cease.

2nd June 1919, pension of 20/5 a week awarded to widow and one child.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, V. C. 1., Iraq.

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

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