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Private Bernard Alfred HEATH, G/775, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 4th April 1916.  

Born Sevenoaks, Kent, son of Thomas & Mary Ann Heath, June 1916 - 3 Myrtle Cottages, Chipstead Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent; July 1919 - Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire;  August 1920 -  Lidley Cottage, Lidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex; 1921 - 25 Hastings Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.

Formerly served for 5 years in 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.


1911 Census - 3 Myrtle Cottages, Chipstead Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent  - Thomas Heath, head, age 50, married, bricklayer, builder, worker, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Mary Heath, wife, age 45, married 21 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Chard, Somerset; Muriel Heath, daughter, age 20, single, dressmaker, worker, at home, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Bernard Heath, son, age 18, single, bookstall clerk, Railway Bookstall, worker, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Lindsley? Heath, son, age 13, school, born Riverhead, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Daisy Heath, daughter, age 10, school, born Riverhead, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Winifred Heath, daughter, age 8, born Riverhead, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Vera Heath, daughter, age 5, born Riverhead, born Sevenoaks, Kent. 


Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 8 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, scar on left shin & knee. Resided  3 Myrtle Cottages, Chipstead Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly footman.

Home, 2nd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 4th April 1916. 

2nd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 20th July 1915, Armenteres, 36 Field Ambulance, septic hand / wounded knee;  21st July 1915, Baillieul,  Divisional Rest Station; 27th July 1915, rejoined Unit, In the Field; 30th August 1915, 38 Field Ambulance, Pont a Nippe, dental cavities;  2nd September 1915, rejoined Unit, In the Field; 26th March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

1st July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, none; Mother,  Mary Ann Heath, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Brothers - Gordon? S?T? Heath, age 7, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Sisters - Muriel L? Heath, age 29, The Capstan?, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex; Dorothy E Heath, age 24, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Daisy Heath, age 19, 40 Park? Street? London; Winifred Heath, age 17, The Cedars, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire; Vera Heath, age 13, Aston Abbotts, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97., France.


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