The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H S V Bond

Photograph by Chris(tine) Eaton

Private Harold Sidney Victor BOND, G/818, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of multiple shell wounds, 72 Field Ambulance, Flanders, France, 31st August 1916, age 19.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of John William & Elizabeth Bond, of 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent.

1911 Census - 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent - John William Bond, head, age 53, married, coachman, born Lamas, Norfolk; Elizabeth Bond, wife, age 42, married 20 years, 5 children, all still alive, laundress, born Bethnal Green, London; Annie Lilian Bond, daughter, age 18, single, laundress, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; William John Bond, son, age 16, single, garden boy, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Harold Sidney Victor Bond, son, age 14, motor boy, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Elsie Ivy Bond, daughter, age 12, school girl, born Sidcup, Kent; Alfred Frederick Bond, son, age 2, born Bromley, Kent; Thomas Hodges, brother, age 23, single, gardener, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 126lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, left forearm, "Buffalo Bill", scar right shoulder blade. Formerly railway servant.

Home 2nd September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 31st August 1916.

2nd September 1914, enlisted; 4th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th April 1915, Redhill, absent from 5.00am until 12.00 midnight on 5th inst. deprived of 10 days pay; 22nd April 1915, Shoreham, awarded 14 days detention for refusing to obey an order; 22nd May 1915, Shoreham, absent from Tattoo until 12.00 midnight 25th inst. 14 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 4 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 8th July 1915, Blackdown, neglecting to obey an order, 5 days confined to Barracks; 18th July 1915, overstaying his pass from 11.00 pm until 10.05pm 19th inst. 14 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 2 days pay, forfeits 2 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 1st May 1916, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2.

30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John William Bond, 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Mother, Elizabeth Bond, 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Brothers - William John Bond, age 25, 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Alfred Frederick Bond, age 11, 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Sisters - Annie Lilian Bond, age 27, 41 Spring ???? Road, Hither Green; Elsie Ivy Bond, age 21, 42, Albert Road, Bromley Common, Kent.

Buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, I.B.32., Mametz, Somme, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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