The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F S Filmer

Private Frederick Shepherd FILMER, G/4304, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd February 1915.

Born Maidstone, Kent.

19th October 1903, Wateringbury, Kent, married Olive Vinten /Vintin /Vinter / Vinton, spinster.

Children - Frederick Filmer, born 22nd January 1904, Maidstone, Kent; Olive Filmer, born 9th June 1905, Maidstone, Kent; Victor Jim Filmer, born 3rd April 1907, Maidstone, Kent; Dorothy Filmer, born 26th May 1909, Maidstone, Kent; Queenie Filmer, born 4th July 1911, Maidstone, Kent; John Filmer, born 22nd September 1913, Maidstone, Kent; Alfred Filmer, born 3rd? March? 1915, Maidstone, Kent; Ronald Filmer, born 3rd? March? 1915, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 64 George Street, Maidstone, Kent - Frederick Shepherd Filmer, head, age 30, married, wholesale greengrocers, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Olive Filmer, wife, age 29, married 8 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Frederick A J Filmer, son, age 7, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Olive B Filmer, daughter, age 5, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Victor J Filmer, son, age 4, born Maidstone, Kent; Dororothy V M Filmer, daughter, age 1, born Maidstone, Kent; Alfred Vinton, brother in Law, age 17, single, shop assistant in corn trade, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 34 years & 101 days, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 147lbs, blue eyes, brown hair. Resided 64 George Street, Maidstone, Kent.

Home 9th November 1914 to 1st February 1915; BEF 2nd February 1915 to 22nd February 1915.

9th November 1914, enlisted; 2nd February 1915, posted BEF.

Widow, Olive Filmer.

13th September 1915, pension of 30/6 a week awarded to widow, Olive Filmer & eight children.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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