The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P J Fenn

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Private Phillip John FENN, G/481, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1918, age 24.

Born Streatley, Berkshire, son of George Edwin and Esther Fenn, of 54, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, Sussex / 90 Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, Sussex.

1911 Census - 38 Christchurch Road, Reading, Berkshire, (Secondary School) - Phillip John Fenn, servant, age 16, single, domestic servant houseboy, born Streatley, Berkshire.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 20 years & 122 days, height 5ft 9¾ inches, weight 142lbs, pale complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, old injury left arm, ???? elbow alteration carrying angle, does not appear weak in any way. Resided Eastbourne, Sussex. Formerly footman.

Home 30th August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 5th July 1916; Home 6th July 1916 to 5th January 1917; BEF 6th January 1917 to 10th June 1917; Home 11th June 1917 to 8th September 1917; BEF 9th September 1917 to 9th April 1918.

30th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF; posted; 6th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th July 1916 to 12th September 1916, Hospital, concussion; 12th September 1916 to 14th October 1916, Convalescent Hospital, E Division, Eastbourne; 23rd October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th January 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th May 1917, wounded, gun shot wounds head side back; 10th May 1917, 47 General Hospital; 14th May 1917, 16 General Hospital, scarlet fever; 10th June 1917, to England; 11th June 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th June 1917 to 27th June 1917, Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, gun shot wounds, left side & back, scarlet fever; 27th June 1917 to 11th August 1917, Convalescent Hospital, E Division, Eastbourne; 20th August 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 21st September 1917, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 13th November 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 16th March 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1918, joined Battalion, in the Field.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father George E Fenn, 90 Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; Mother, Esther Fenn, 90 Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; Brother - George Charles Fenn, age 30, 90 Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Buried at Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, II. J. 3., Somme, France. Commemorated Kemsing Roll of Honour / Eastbourne Roll of Honour

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