The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Falp

Private Robert FALP, G/19619, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 38624, Durham Light Infantry), killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1917, age 29.

Born South Shields, Durham.

1911 Census - 38, Heron St., South Shields - Robert Falp Warner, father, age 27, married, labourer, born South Shields, Durham; Mary Jane Warner, mother, age 25, married 6 years, 2 children, both still alive, born South Shields, Durham; Margaret Ellen Warner, daughter, age 5, born South Shields, Durham; Anna Mary Warner, daughter, age 2, born South Shields, Durham.

29th September 1913, St Stephen, South Shields, married Mary Jane Charlton Warner, spinster, of 38, Heron St., South Shields, Durham.

Children - Mary Ellen Falp, born 9th September 1905, South Shields; Anna Mary Falp, born 28th February 1909, South Shields; Thomasina Falp, born 11th April 1903, South Shields; Mary Jane Falp, born 17th May 1915, South Shields.

Enlisted South Shields, Durham, age 32, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 130lbs, illiterate, staining? of legs? from ???? disease, now cured. Resided 38, Heron St., South Shields, Durham. Formerly boatman.

Separation Allowance of 27/6 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week paid to wife.

Home 11th December 1915 to 9th December 1916; BEF 10th December 1916 to 22nd March 1917; Home 23rd March 1917 to 2nd July 1917; BEF 3rd July 1917 to 31st July 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 24th August 1916. mobilized & posted 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 10th December 1906, posted BEF; 10th December 1906, Folkestone, embarked; 10th December 1906, posted 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry; 13th December 1916, posted 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry; 14th December 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 14th March 1917, 33 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded shell wound head & eye; 17th March 1917, Etaples, 1 Canadian General Hospital; 22nd March 1917, transferred to England; 23rd March 1917, posted Depot, Durham Light Infantry; 23rd March 1917 to 4th May 1917, shell wound of forehead, now healed, complains of occasional headaches; 16th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 4th July 1917, posted BEF & 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 4th July 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 4th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 5th July 1917, 35 Infantry Base Depot, posted 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, posted to 10th Battalion.

25th February 1918, Pension of 28/9 a week awarded to widow & four children.

22nd March 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Mary Jane Falp, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Children - Mary Ellen Falp, 9th September 1905, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Anna Mary Falp, 28th February 1909, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Thomasina Falp, 1th April 1903, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Mary Jane Falp, 17th May 1915, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Father, deceased; Mother, Margaret Nelson, 38, Heron St., South Shields; Brothers - George Falp, age 47, 18 Long Row, South Shields; Thomas Falp, age 48, 5 Phillips Street?, South Shileds; Joseph Falp, age 37, 44, Heron St., South Shields; Half Brother - James Nelson, age 24, late 38, Heron St., South Shields, now in New Army; Half Sister - Mary Nelson Lawson, age 27, 38, Heron St., South Shields.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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