The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Fryer

Private Francis FRYER, G/16722, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd October 1917.

Born Blakeney, Gloucestershire,

1911 Census - 16 Ceylon Place, Eastbourne, Sussex - boarder, age 25, single, pressman, born Awre, Gloucestershire.

Next of Kin (brother) - Arthur Edwin Fryer, "Highfield", Etloe, Blakeney, Gloucestershire.

Enlisted Eastbourne, Sussex, age 30 years & 184 days, height 5ft, weight 126lbs. Resided 16 Ceylon Place, Eastbourne, Sussex. Formerly reporter.

Home 9th December 1915 to 17th October 1916; BEF 18th October 1916 to 3rd October 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 17th July 1916, mobilized; 20th July 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 1916, posted BEF; 19th October 1916, embarked / disembarked; 5th November 1916, joined Battalion, "B" Company.

29th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Brother - Arthur Edwin Fryer, age 40, "Highfield", Etloe, Blakeney, Gloucestershire; Sisters - Caroline Fryer, age 36, Etloe, Blakeney, Gloucestershire; Mary G Virgo, age 44, Sandy Way, ?????, ?????.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. / Eastbourne Roll of Honour

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