The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E E Duffield

Private Ernest Edward DUFFIELD, L/10098, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 12th October 1914.

Born Luton, Chatham, Kent, son of Henry Richard and Ellen Jane Duffield, of 37, Coronation Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent.

15th October 1895, Chatham Kent, baptism of Ernest Edward Duffield, son of Henry Richard & Ellen Jane Duffield.

1911 Census - 36, Coronation Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent - Henry R Duffield, head, age 39, married, blacksmith, Government Dockyard, born Chatham, Kent; Ellen J Duffield, wife, age 37, married 20 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Chatham, Kent; Ellen M Duffield, daughter, age 18, single, day girl, born Chatham, Kent; Ernest Edward Duffield, son, age 16, single, shop boy, grocer, born Chatham, Kent; Bertie J Duffield, son, age 13, school, born Chatham, Kent; Elizabeth L Duffield, daughter, age 10, school, born Chatham, Kent; John Duffield, son, age 8, school, born Chatham, Kent; Albert E Duffield, son, age 7, school, born Chatham, Kent; Florence E Duffield, daughter, age 5, born Luton, Kent; Hilda L Duffield, daughter, age 3, born Luton, Kent; Lillian E Duffield, daughter, age 1, born Luton, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 17 years & 11 months, height 5ft 1¼ inches, weight 114lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, 2 scars on right forearm, scar on right bicep, scar back of neck, scar on left side of head. Formerly bakehouse boy. 26th July 1912 to 2nd February 1913, 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.8565; 20th September 1912, 3rd Class Certificate of Education.

4th February 1913, enlisted Chatham, Kent, into Regular Army, age 18 years & 5 months, height 5ft 2½ inches, weight 124lbs. Formerly bakehouse boy.

Home 4th February 1913 to 13th August 1914; BEF 14th August 1914 to 12th October 1914.

8th February 1913, Dublin, joined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th March 1913 to 4th April 1913, King George V Hospital, Dublin, influenza; 26th September 1913, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 13th November 1913 to 10th December 1913, King George V Hospital, Dublin, tonsillitis; 1st March 1914, Dublin, having wet clothing hanging out of the Barrack Room window, 4 days confined to Barracks; 18th March 1914, Dublin, not getting his hair cut when ordered to do so, 8 days confined to Barracks; 18th March 1914, Dublin, making an improper reply to L/Sgt Paul whist on Defaulters Parade, 168 hours detention;8th April 1914 to 17th April 1914, awarded 10 days Detention by Commanding Officer, for making an improper reply to L/Cpl Ogden; 10th April 1914, to Detention Barracks; 18th April 1914 to Duty; 5th September 1914, 13 Field Ambulance, hospital, septic hand, to the front.

7th June 1918, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Richard Duffield, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Mother, Ellen Jane Duffield, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Brothers - Henry John, age 28, (RHA demobed), 188 Balls Pond Road, Islington; Bert Thomas, age 22, (serving with R W Kent), 39045 "A" Company, RWK 10th Battalion, BEF France; John, age 17, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Albert Edward, age 15, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Leonard Richard, age 6, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Sisters - Ellen May, age 26, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Elizabeth Lucy, age 18, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Florence Edith, age 13, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Hilda Lily, age 12, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Lilian Ethel, age 11, 37, Coronation Road, Chatham; Grandparents - John King / Ellen Jane King, Middleton Square, High Street, Chatham; Uncles & Aunts - George R Duffield, age 57, 33 Longfellow Road, Gillingham; William J Duffield, age 49, 13 Longfellow Road, Gillingham; Walter F? Duffield, age 44, 61 Longfellow Road, Gillingham; Edward A Duffield, age 41, 8, Longfellow Road, Gillingham; Annie ??, age 53, 61, Longfellow Road, Gillingham.

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

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