The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L Bristow

Private Leonard BRISTOW, S/8933, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 17th December 1914, age 18.

Born Dartford, Kent, son of Alfred and Norah Bristow, of 26, Walnut Tree Avenue, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - 11 Courtney Avenue, Wilmington - Alfred Bristow head, age 59, married, fish merchant, own account, born Dartford, Kent; Norah Bristow, wife, age 45, married 28 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, born Cork, Ireland; Alfred Douglas Bristow, son, age 18, single, general labourer, born Dartford, Kent; Leonard Bristow, son, age 15, single, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted 8th January 1914, Woolwich, Kent. Formerly labourer.

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

External link to Wilmington War Memorial

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