The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P E Fuggle

Photograph by "Steve N"

Private Percy Edward FUGGLE, L/11767, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action or died of wounds, Flanders France, on or after, 18th September 1918, age 19.

18th September 1899, born Colaba, Bombay, India, son of Nelson Henry (late Gn. Serjt. Major) and Mary Ann Fuggle, of 77, Bill Street Road, Frindsbury, Strood, Rochester, Kent.

1911 Census - 37 Frinsbury Hill, Strood, Rochester, Kent - Nelson Henry Fuggle, head, age 50, married, Army Pensioner (domestic gardener), born Tenterden, Kent; Mary Ann Fuggle, wife, age 33, married 15 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Rodmersham Green, Kent; Teresa Fuggle, daughter, age 17, single, born Bombay, India; Sydney James Fuggle, son, age 13, school, born Bombay, India; Percy Edward Fuggle, son, age 11, school, born Bombay, India.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 1 month, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 147lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Formerly labourer.

Home 18th October 1917 to 2nd July 1918; BEF 3rd July 1918 to 18th September 1918.

18th October 1917, enlisted; 19th October 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th March 1918, compulsorily transferred to 2/1st Battalion, West Kent Yeomanry, Service No.41556 / 49032; 1st July 1918, compulsorily transferred to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1918, embarked / disembarked; 4th July 1918, "J" Depot; 6th July 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th July 1918, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 13th July 1918, Rubempre, 9.40am, during bombing instruction, a bomb exploded amongst a squad of men, wounding the whole squad of 10, bomb wound, right arm & mouth, not serious, recorded as an accident; 14th July 1918, 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital; 16th August 1918, "J" depot from 15 Convalescent Camp; 25th August 1918, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 18th September 1918, posted missing.

2nd June 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 4/11 a week payable to mother will cease.

23rd June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Nelson Henry Fuggle, 37 Frinsbury Hill, Strood, Rochester, Kent; Mother, Mary Ann Fuggle, 37 Frinsbury Hill, Strood, Rochester, Kent; Half Brother - Nelson Henry Fuggle, age 34, somewhere in India; Sister - Caroline Bertha Brooker, age 23, 37 Frinsbury Hill, Strood, Rochester, Kent; Half Sister - Mary Jane Holden, age 31, somewhere in America; Florence Conway?, age 25, somewhere in England.

Buried at Villers Hill British Cemetery, II. B. 15., Villers-Guislan, Nord, France.

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