The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Fullbrook

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Ernest FULLBROOK, G/17612, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th August 1918, age 37.

Born Medstead, Hampshire, son of Edward and Emma Fullbrook.

1911 Census - The Bakery, Churt, Farnham, Surrey - James Razzell, head, age 47, married, master baker, born South Park, Reigate, Surrey; Annie Razzell, wife, age 47, married 27 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Frensham, Surrey; Elsie E Razzell daughter, age 23, single, general keeper, born Frensham, Surrey; Eva M Razzell, daughter, age 18, single, domestic servant on holiday, born Frensham, Surrey; James E Razzell, son, age 15, single, seeking employment, born Churt, Surrey; Olive B Razzell, daughter, age 10, school, born Churt, Surrey; Ernest Fulbrook, servant, age 29, single, general domestic servant, born Medstead, Hampshire.

5th August 1914, Parish Church, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey, Ernest Fullbrook, age 32, bachelor, gardener, Frensham, father, Edward Fullbrook, labourer, married Ellen Sophia Fowler, age 39, spinster, St Mark, Farnborough, father, James Fowler, baker.

Enlisted Farnham, Surrey, age 34 years & 2 months, height 5ft 8 inches, vaccinated 3 times left arm. Resided Priory Lane, Farnham, Surrey. Formerly engine drivers mate.

Home 4th December 1915 to 6th October 1916; BEF 7th October 1916 to 27th August 1918.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 5th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 3rd June 1916, mobilized; 5th June 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Service No.13856; 24th June 1916 to 30th June 1916, Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, seborrheic? dermatitis; 1st September 1916, transferred to 97th Training Reserve Battalion; 7th October 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & posted BEF; 7th October 1916, embarked; 24th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th January 1917, In the Field, dirty on Commanding Officers Parade whilst on Active Service, 5 days confined to Barracks; 30th May 1917, 62 Casualty Clearing Station, herpes zoster; 2nd June 1917, Etaples, 26 General Hospital; 4th June 1917, 25th General Hospital, ulcers leg; 3rd July 1917, Boulogne, 7 Convalescent Depot; 9th July 1917, Ecaulet?, 10 Convalescent Depot; 4th August 1917, Trouville? Convalescent Depot; 1st September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot;11th September 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th November 1917, to Italy with Battalion; 2nd March 1918, returned to France with Battalion; 19th March 1918, granted 14 days leave to UK.

17th March 1919, pension of 15/- a week awarded to widow.

23rd March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 12/6 a week payable to wife will cease.

3rd July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Ellen Sophia Fullbrook, 2, The Row, Shortfield Common, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey; Children - none; Father Edward Fullbrook, Shortfield Common, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey; Mother, Emma Fullbrook, Shortfield Common, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey; Brothers - Edgar Fullbrook, age 40, Thatched Cottage, Boundstone, Farnham; Sergeant Major Albert Fullbrook, age 29, Dacre Villa, Hindover? Road, Seaford, Sussex; Sister, Elsie Kate Butcher?, age 31, Shortfield Common, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey.

Buried at La Clytte Military Cemetery,VI. E. 6, Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as G/17612; CWGC website show it as 16712.

This page was last updated on 24-Aug-2025.