The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Denby

Private Herbert DENBY, G/18567, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th February 1917.

Born East Moseley, Surrey, son of William & Satrah Denby.

25th February 1905, St Mary, East Moseley, Herbert Denby, age 28, bachelor, labourer, 2 Bell Road, East Moseley, father William Denby, labourer, married Sarah Ellen Turner, age 21, spinster, 2 Bell Road, East Moseley, father Charles Edward Turner, gardener.

Children - Herbert Edward Denby, born 29th December 1905, Kingston, Surrey; Rosina Maud Annie Denby, born 15th January 1908, Kingston, Surrey.

1911 Census - 5 Kings Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey - Herbert Denby, head, age 34, married, railway labourer, born Moseley, Surrey; Sarah Ellen Denby, wife, age 27, married 6 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Godalming, Surrey; Herbert E Denby, son, age 5, born Moseley, Surrey; Maudie Denby, daughter, age 3, born Moseley, Surrey.

Enlisted Hampton Hill, Middlesex, age 38 years & 271 days, height 5ft 7¾ inches, scar of old rupture operation, vaccination marks two left arm. Resided 52 Park Road, Hampton Wick, Middlesex. Formerly labourer.

Home 17th November 1915 to 3rd October 1916; BEF 4th October 1916 to 14th February 1917.

17th November 1915, enlisted; 18th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 15th June 1916, mobilized; 16th June 1916, posted 16th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/38038; 1st September 1916, transferred to Training Reserve; 1st September 1916, posted 22nd Battalion, Training Reserve; 4th October 1916, posted BEF; 4th October 1916, embarked; 4th October 1916, transferred to 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 17th October 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined Battalion.

9th September 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 21/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to widow will cease.

10th September 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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