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The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Private Charles William LOADER, 5325, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Kensal Green, London, Middlesex, son of Charles & Annie Loader, 5 Silvester Mews, Basing Road, Notting Hill, London.

Brothers, William Loader & Henry Loader & sister Annie Loader, 5 Silvester Mews, Basing Road, Notting Hill, London.

Previously served with 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade.

Enlisted 8th October 1898, Woolwich, age 18 years & 9 months, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 124lbs, pale complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair, birth mark inner side left thigh. Formerly wheelwright.

11th April 1909, St Colomb, Notting Hill, Kensington & Chelsea, Charles William Loader, age 33, bachelor, coach painter, 7 Silvester Mews, Notting Hill, father Charles Loader deceased, groom, married Alice Maud Landeg, age 28, spinster, 5 Blagrove Road, Notting Hill, father Walter Henry Landeg, plumber.

Children - Charles Frederick Loader, born 7th February 1910, Kennington, baptised 20th March 1910, St Colomb, Notting Hill, son of Charles William, (coach painter) & Alice Maud Loader, 58 Bevington Road;

1911 Census - 62 Bevington Road, North Kensington, London - Charles Loader, head, age 35, married, coach painter, motor works, worker, away, Paddington, London; Alice Maud Loader, wife, age 30, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, born North Kensington, London; Charles Frederick Loader, son, age 1, born North Kensington, London; Henry Charles Landeg, wife's brother, age 15, shop boy, motor works, worker, away, born North Kensington, London.

Children - Peter Walter Loader, born 18th February 1913, Kennington; Alice Margaret Loader, born 18th February 1913, Kennington.

Home, 8th October 1898 to 12th September 1899; Egypt, 13th September 1899 to 4th March 1900; Home, 5th March 1900 to 15th March 1900; South Africa, 16th March 1900 to 19th September 1902; Home, 20th September 1902 to 10th September 1914; BEF, 11th September 1914 to 30th October 1914; Home, 31st October 1914 to 7th October 1915.

8th October 1898, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st February 1899, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th September 1902, transferred to Army Reserve; 29th August 1910, re-engaged for 4 years to count from 8th October 1910; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th October 1914, wounded, shell wound, right forearm.

Medals - South African Clasp Witterbergen, Cape Colony & Transvaal. Kings South African Clasps 1901 - 1902.

7th October 1915, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

1939 Register - 4 Stokesley Street, Hammersmith - Loader Charles W, male, born 8th January? 1876, married, coachpainter, now aero engine painter; Loader Alice M, female, born 1st January? 1881, married unpaid domestic duties; Loader Charles F, male, born 7 February 1910, single, milling? machinist aircraft; one other individual, "this record is officially closed".

This page was last updated on 13-Feb-2021.