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Private Daniel SULLIVAN, L/6153, 1st Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 24th October 1914.

Born Deptford, Kent, son of Daniel & Elizabeth Sullivan, 66 Charles Street, Deptford, SE/ 378 Evelyn Street, Deptford, SE. / 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8.

Previously served in 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment, No.3544, from 27th February 1901 to 16th April 1901.

Enlisted 17th April 1901, New Cross, SE, age 18, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 115lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, red hair, indistinct tattoo marks left forearm, anchor & two dots right forearm. Formerly carman & labourer in building trade.

24th September 1910, Greenwich Register Office, married Harriett Elizabeth Dalley, spinster.  Deceased 1912, March Quarter, Greenwich, age 22.

Child - Margaret Mary Sullivan, born 16th August 1910, Greenwich. Guardian for late Soldiers Child, sister of Soldier - Miss Margaret Mary Sullivan, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8.

1911 Census - 31 Albury Street, Deptford, SE - Daniel Sullivan, head, age 28, married, stevedores labourer, docks, worker, boen Deptford, Kent; Harriett E Sullivan, wife, age 22, married under one year, 1 child, still alive, born Greenwich, Kent; Margaret M Sullivan, daughter, age 8 months, born Greenwich, Kent.

Home, 17th April 1901 to 24th April 1902; South Africa, 25th April 1902 to 2nd January 1903; Home, 3rd January 1903 to 3rd November 1905; Hong Kong, 4th November 1905 to 27th November 1906; Singapore, 28th November 1906 to 14th December 1908; Home, 15th December 1908 to 9th September 1914; BEF, 10th September 1914 to 24th October 1914.

17th April 1901, enlisted; 21st July 1901, overstaying his pass from 2am until 8.45 on 22nd, admonished, forfeits 2 days pay; 22nd August 1901, posted Provisional Battalion; 3rd September 1901, breaking out of hospital and remaining absent until 8.20pm, 3 days confined to Barracks; 24th September 1901, overstaying his pass from midnight until 3.30pm on 25th, 6 days confined to Barracks; 23rd December 1901, Shornecliffe, absent from Tattoo until apprehended by the Civil Police at Deptford on 25th, 168 hours detention with hard labour; 9th January 1912 to 13th January 1902, Shorncliffe Hospital, tonsillitis; 25th April 1902, posted South Africa & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th September 1902, South Africa, quitting the ranks without permission when on the line of march, 3 days confined to Barracks; 1902 Served in South Africa Campaign; 20th February 1903 to 24th February 1903, Shorncliffe, abrasioin, right heel; 27th September 1903, Queens South Africa Clasp, South Africa 1902, Orange Freestate Cape Colony; 3rd January 1903, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd May 1903, Shornecliffe, making an improper reply to an NCO, 5 days confined to Barracks; 1st June 1903, Shornecliffe, drunk in Barracks at about 10.15pm, admonished; 13th June 1903, Shornecliffe,  making an improper reply to an NCO, 10 days confined to Barracks; 27th September 1903, Awards - Queens South Africa Clasp; South Africa 1902, Orange Free State, Cape Colony; 7th April 1904, posted Provisional Battalion; 16th April 1904, transferred to Army Reserve; 10th June 1904 to 21st October 1904, under arrest by civil powers, on remand in Brixton Prison on a misdemeanour, bound over to keep the peace; 27th October 1904, rejoined The Colours; 28th October 1904, permitted to extend his Service to complete 8 years with the Colours; 21st November 1904, posted Provisional Battalion; 12th December 1904, Lydd, urinating his bed, reporting sick without a cause, 8 days confined to Barracks, pay for damage to bed; 11th March 1905, Lydd, refusing to obey an order, 48 hours imprisonment with hard labour; 25th April 1905, overstaying his pass from 8.00am till 9.35, 3 days confined to Barracks; 10th May 1905, Dover, absent from Reveille, 5.30am, until 9.30pm, 12th inst, 14 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 12th June 1905, absent from Tattoo until 11.30pm, 3 days confined to Barracks; 27th June 1905, absent from Tattoo until 11.25pm, 7 days confined to Barracks; 3rd July 1905, Lydd, absent from answering his name at Defaulter Roll Call at *** until 9.30pm, 14 days confined to Barracks; 4th November 1905, posted Hong Kong & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd December 1905 to 16th January 1906, Hong Kong, incontinence of urine; 26th February 1906 to 3rd March 1906, contusion of knee; 11th May 1906, Hong Kong, not complying with an order, not making up his bed when ordered to do so, 10 days confined to Barracks; 8th June 1906, awarded Swimming Certificate; 26th July 1906, Singapore, absent from Tattoo until apprehended by the Police in Queens Road Central, drunk, at about 10.50pm, 10 days confined to Barracks; 31st July 1906 to 1st September 1906, gonorrhoea; 20th October 1906, improper conduct on Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 30th December 1906, Singapore, drunk in Barracks at about 9.45pm, fined 5/-; 17th March 1907, drunk in Orchard Road at about 7.10pm, fined 7/6, 8 days confined to Barracks; 22nd May 1907, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 7th September 1907, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 26th July 1908, Singapore, breaking out of Barracks after Tattoo, 10 days confined to Barracks; 28th July 1908, improper conduct on Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 14th December 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th April 1909, transferred to Army Reserve, Section "B"; 14th March 1913, rejoined at New Cross, from Reserve; 17th April 1913, re-engaged for Section "D" for 4 years; 6th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted BEF; 11th September 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1914, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2. & fined 10/- for breaking out of camp & drunkenness.

22nd May 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by father Daniel Sullivan - Children -  Margaret Mary Sullivan, 16th August 1910, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8; Father, Daniel Sullivan, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8; Brothers - Timothy John Sullivan, age 31, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8; Joseph Sullivan, age 29, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8; Sisters - Margaret Mary Sullivan, age 38, 82 Etta Street, Deptford, SE8.

Commemorated at  Le Touret Memorial, Panel 30 and 31, France.