The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C W Whiteman


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Private Charles William  WHITEMAN, G/18543, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 7th June 1917.

2nd November 1895, born Hastings, Sussex, son of William & Cecilia Maria Whiteman, 106 Merton High Street, Wimbledon SW19. / 122 Merton High Street, Surrey.

26th January 1896, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex, baptism of Charles William Whiteman, (stationer), son of William & Cecilia Maria Whiteman, 1 York Buildings, Hastings, Sussex.


1911 Census - 101 Balmoral Road, Gillingham, Kent - William Whitehead, head, age 42, married, bookstool manager, RN Barracks, employee, born Hastings, Sussex; Cecilia Maria Whitehead, wife, age 40, married 17 years, 1 child, still alive, born Hastings, Sussex; Charles William Whiteman, son, age 15, single, printers apprentice, employee, born Hastings, Sussex.


Enlisted Rochester, Kent, age 17 years & 5 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, scars both buttocks.  Resided 101 Kingswood Road, Gillingham, Kent. Formerly printer, Messrs Mackay & Co Ltd. apprentice for 3 years.

Home 3rd April 1913 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 7th June 1917.

3rd April 1913, enlisted & posted 2/1st Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles. Service No.1575; 6th August 1915, appointed S.S.: 10th January 1916 to 14th January 1916, SE Field Ambulance, inguinal hernia, right, operated; 17th January 1916 to 17th February 1916, Kent Canterbury Hospital, inguinal hernia, right, two weeks sick leave; 21st September 1916, disembarked; 22nd September 1916, Etaples, 38 Infantry Base Depot; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.


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