The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private D J Tubey

Private Donald Joseph TUBEY, G/21069, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 29th October 1916, age 21.

27th June 1895, born Kettering, Northamptonshire, son of Thomas Martin & Emily Tubey, of 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham, Kent.

4th August 1895, St Peter & St Paul, Kettering, Northamptonshire, baptism of Donald Joseph Tubey, son of Thomas, (checker) & Emily Tubey, 20 Granville Street.

4th August 1895, St Peter & St Paul, Kettering, Northamptonshire, baptism of Archibald Thomas Tubey, (born 9th December 1893), son of Thomas, (checker) & Emily Tubey, 20 Granville Street.

1911 Census - 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham, Kent- Thomas Tubey, head, age 58, married, skilled labourer, Government Dockyard, worker, born Wychbold, Worcestershire; Emily Tubey, wife, age 49, married 25 years, 9 children, 5 still alive, born Kemsing, Kent; Archibald Thomas Tubey, son, age 17, single, apprentice cycle making, worker, born Kettering, Northamptonshire; Donald Joseph Tubey, son, age 15, single, boot repairer, worker, born Kettering, Northamptonshire; Henrietta Ann Tubey, daughter, age 12, school, born Gillingham, Kent; Walter John White, boarder, age 24, single, motor mechanic, public garage, worker, born Borden, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20 years &n 155 days, height 5ft 4¼ inches, weight 105lbs. Resided Gillingham, Kent. Formerly bootmaker.

Home 27th November 1915 to 15th June 1916; BEF 16th June 1916 to 29th October 1916.

Enlisted 27th November 1915; 28th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 1st March 1916, mobilized; 3rd March 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.G/12458; 16th June 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, embarked; 17th June 1916, 12 Infantry Base Depot; 3rd July 1916, attached 1st Battalion, The Buffs; 1st September 1916, transferred to East Kent Regiment, Service No.G/15526; 25th September 1916, wounded, shrapnel wound left hand; 26th September 1916, 48 Casualty Clearing Station; 30th September 1916, No.2.Convalescent Depot; 7th October 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.G/21069.

15th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Thomas Tubey, 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham; Mother, Emily Tubey, 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham; Brothers - Raymond Sinclaire Tubey, age 30 years, 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham; Sapper Archibold Thomas, age 25 years, Royal Engineers Signals, Whitehall, London; Sisters - Mabel Alice Gould, age 33, 293 Canterbury? Street, Gillingham; Henrietta Ann Tubey, age 21, 5, Tennyson Road, Gillingham.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

This page was last updated on 15-Oct-2022.