The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B Frost

Photograph by "Naturstein"

Private Bertie FROST, G/9601, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of pulmonary tuberculosis, whilst Prisoner of War, at Reserve Hospital, at Section Hammonia, Aix-laChapelle, (Aachen), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at 10.15am, 29th August 1918, age 22.

Born Cliffe, Kent, son of Charles and Lucy Frost, of 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent.

1911 Census - 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe, Rochester, Kent - Charles Frost, head, age 50, married, general labourer, explosive works, born Witham, Essex; Lucy Frost, wife, age 48, married 32 years, 16 children, 11 still alive, born Witham, Essex; Ernest Frost, son, age 16, single, cordite labourer, explosive works, born Cliffe, Kent; Bertie Frost, son, age 14, born Cliffe, Kent; Lewis Frost, son, age 12, school, born Cliffe, Kent; Nellie Frost, daughter, age 10, school, born Cliffe, Kent; Edith Frost, daughter, age 9, born Cliffe, Kent; Norman Frost, son, age 3, born Cliffe, Kent; Arthur Frost, son, age 2, born Cliffe, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 19 years & 190 days, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 140lbs, tattoos both forearm. Resided 10 Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 16th August 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 11th June 1917; Home 12th June 1917 to 8th September 1917; BEF 9th September 1917 to 29th August 1918.

16th August 1915, enlisted & posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF & embarked Southampton; 4th May 1916, Havres, disembarked; 2nd July 1916, 140 Field Ambulance, admitted, gas poisoning, drift; 3rd July 1916, to Unit; 6th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 26th July 1916, 140 Field Ambulance, admitted influenza; 31st July 1916, 139 Field Ambulance, to Mont des Cats; 5th August 1916, Casualty Clearing Station, to Duty; 7th June 1917, 140 Field Ambulance, wounded, shrapnel wound, back & shoulder; 9th June 1917, to England, Hospital Ship, Essequibo, ex 18 General Hospital, Camiers; 12th June 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th July 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th July 1917, neglect of duty, failing to call a party to attention on an officer passing, reprimanded; 13th August 1917, overstaying his Expeditionary Force leave from Tattoo until 9.30pm on 15th August, deprived of Lance stripe by Commanding Officer, forfeits 4 days pay; 5th September 1917, absent from 2.00pm until 5.00on the 5th, 3 days confined to Barracks; 9th September 1917, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st September 1917, joined Battalion; 13th November 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 16th March 1918, returned to France, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1918, posted missing in action; Prisoner of War Germany.

11th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Frost, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Mother, Lucy Frost, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Brothers - Charles Frost, (married), age 3?, 20, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Meshach Frost, age 29, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Ernest Frost, age 25, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Lewis Frost, age 21, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Norman Frost, age 12, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Arthur Frost, age 11, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Sisters - Lucy Clark, age 36, 6? Struthers? Street, Loughborough?; Mary Williams?, age 31, 16, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Nellie Frost, age 19, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Edith Frost, age 18, 10, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Nieces / Nephews - Dorthy? Clark, age 12, 6? Struthers? Street, Loughborough?; William Clark, age 10, 6? Struthers? Street, Loughborough?; Margaret Clark, age 6, 6? Struthers? Street, Loughborough?; Charles John Frost, age 8, 20, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Edward Frost, age 2, 20, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; John Williams, age 8, 16, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Benjamin Williams, age 6, 16, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent; Frank Williams, age 4, 16, Millcroft Road, Cliffe-at-Hoo, Rochester, Kent.

Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, XIII. E. 9, Germany.

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