The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A R Gould

Private Arthur Robert GOULD, G/19651, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th September 1917.

Born Upminster, Essex, son of John & Mary Ann Gould, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex.

1911 Census - Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex - Line 1 - *"gone to Infirmary"; Mary Gould, head, age 63, married 42 years, 10 children, 6 still alive, born Upminster, Essex; Henry Gould, son, age 32, single, farm labourer, worker, born Ockenden, Essex; Arthur Gould, son, age 24, single, farm labourer, worker, born Upminster, Essex.

* John Gould?, probably Romford Union Workhouse & Infirmary, 1 Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex.

7th February 1914, Orsett Register Office, married Louisa Elizabeth Chapman, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex.

Children - John Henry Gould, born 4th March 1914, Hornchurch, Essex; May Lily Gould, born 18th April 1915, Hornchurch, Essex; Rose Mary Gould, born 30th September 1916, Hornchurch, Essex.

Enlisted Romford, Essex, age 29 years & 2 months, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 118lbs. Resided Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex. Formerly cement labourer.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 27th June 1917; BEF, 28th June 1917 to 9th September 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 2nd April 1917, mobilized; 3rd April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Service No.45307; 28th June 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 1st July 1917, 15th Infantry Base Depot, transferred to 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted to 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1917, joined Battalion In the Field.

13th May 1918, pension of 29/7 a week awarded to widow and three children.

29th March 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Louisa Elizabeth Gould, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; Children - John Henry Gould, 4th March 1914, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; May Lily Gould, 18th April 1915, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; Rose Mary Gould, 30th September 1916, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; Mother, Mary Ann Gould, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; Brothers - Henry Gould, age 42, Hunts Hill, Upminster, Essex; William James Gould, age 46, Bramble Cottages, Upminster, Essex; Sisters - Mary Jane Kirby, age 44, 16 Chequers Lane, Dagenham; Mary Eliza Clark, age 39, The Cottons, London Road, Romford; Nieces/Nephews - Ellen Emma Clark, age 17, The Cottons, London Road, Romford; Elsie Eveline Kirby, age 15, 16 Chequers Lane, Dagenham; Arthur Henry John Gould, age 8, ramble Cottages, Upminster, Essex.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.

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