The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Spinks

Private George SPINKS, G/2772, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 26th September 1915, age 22.

Born West Ham, Essex, son of Mrs. Ellen M Cooper (formerly Spinks), of 48 George Street, Devonport / 4, Windsor Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 21 years & 63 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 132lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. Resided Devonport, Hampshire. Formerly compositor.

Home 5th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

5th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th July 1915, Blackdown Camp, 1)disobeying an order, 2)overstaying his pass from 11.00pm 12th July 1915 until 11.20pm 13th July, when on a Course of Musketry, deprived of 4 days pay, 14 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

8th October 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, deceased; Mother, Ellen M Cooper, 66 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall; Half Brothers - Robert Cooper, age 15, 66 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall; Ronald Cooper, age 5, 66 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall; John Cooper, age 4, 66 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall; Half Sisters - Ellen Elsie Cooper, age 9, 66 Fore Street, Torpoint, Cornwall.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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