The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Fairman

Private Fred FAIRMAN, L/9143, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died from Cholera, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 27th April 1916.

Born Bexley Heath, Kent, son of James & Eliza Fairman, 5 Trinity Place, Bexley Heath, Kent / 4 Charlotte Cottage, Upper Wickham, Welling, Kent / 176A Wickham Lane, Welling, Bexley Heath, Kent.

14th August 1892, Christ Church, Bexley Heath, baptism of Fred Fairman, son of James, (painter), & Eliza Fairman, boarding house, Lady Grey Alley

Formerly served in Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve, Service No.7733. 27th July 1908 to 12th November 1908. Formerly labourer in tannery.

Enlisted 13th November 1908, Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 4 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 127lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, scar back of right forearm. Formerly labourer.

1911 Census - Quebec Barracks, West Kent Regiment, Bordon, Hampshire - Fred Fairman, Private, age 20, single, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, soldier, born Crayford.

Home, 13th November 1908 to 9th November 1911; India 10th November 1911 to 31st January 1915; IEF, 1st February 1915 to 27th April 1916.

13th November 1908, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th February 1909 to 24th February 1909, Albuminuria, urine loaded with albumen; 21st May 1909, Dover, talking on Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 20th September 1909, Farringdon, irregular conduct whilst on sentry, 10 days confined to Barracks; 3rd January 1910, Longmoor, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight till1 1.45pm 4th January 1910, 10 days confined to Barracks; 15th December 1910 to 3rd January 1911, Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, scabies; 1st April 1910, Bordon, neglect of duty whilst mess orderly, 5 days confined to Barracks; 3rd July 1910, Bordon, overstaying his pass from Reveille until 8.30pm, 7 days confined to Barracks; 9th October 1911, Bexley, drunk & disorderly, Civil Police, dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act; 21st October 1911, Dublin, not returning to Headquarters when his furlough was cancelled until Tattoo 31st October 1911, 10 days confined to Barracks; 3rd July 1912, Cherat, having a dirty rifle on Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 28th December 1912, Peshawar, drunk in New Barrack Road, about 2.00pm, 8 days confined to Barracks, fined 2/6; 15th March 1914, Multan, using obscene language on Parade; 27th December 1914, Hyderabad, (1) absent from Tattoo Roll Call on 26th December 1914 until 11.20 (2) breaking out of Barracks & remaining absent until 9.25am 27th December 1914, 10 days confined to Barracks; 13th September 1915 to 12th October 1915, Hospital, Basrah, Malaria; 29th October to 12th November 1915, Hospital, Basrah Malaria; 18th March 1916, wounded gun shot wound left leg, 21st March 1916, transferred to 61 Stationary Hospital at Sheikh Saad.

Medal Card says posted BEF 6th February 1915.

20th May 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Eliza Fairman, 176A Wickham Lane, Welling; Brothers - James Fairman, age 40, May Place Road, Bexley Heath; George Fairman, age 39, Primrose Hill, Bexley Heath; Ernest Fairman, age 30, Lion Road, Bexley Heath; Sisters - Eliza Fairman, age 49, Bourne? Street? Bexley; Annie Fairman, age 32, Lion Road, Bexley Heath; Emily Fairman, age 43, Erith Road, Bexley Heath; Nellie Fairman, age 29, Wickham Street, Welling.

Buried at Amara War Cemetery, XX. G. 3, Iraq.

NOTE from CWGC - In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it.

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