The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private V J J Ford

Private Victor James Joseph FORD, G/11453, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, at 38 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 10th October 1916.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of James Joseph & Constance Frances Ford, 20 Gladstone Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 1 Gladstone Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells - James Joseph Ford, head, age 43, married, carman & contractor, own account, born Speldhurst, Kent; Constance Frances Ford, wife, age 42, married 19 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Speldhurst, Kent; Victor James Joseph Ford, son, age 17, single, hay trusser, born St Johns, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Reginald Levi Ford, son, age 13, school, born St Johns, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Leonard William Frank Ford, son, age 6, born Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 21 years 7 months, height 5ft 7¾ inches. Resided 10 Gladstone Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly steam tractor driver.

Home, 29th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 10th October 1916.

29th November 1915, enlisted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked.

21st August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Joseph Ford, 20 Gladstone Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells; Brothers - Ronald L Ford, age 21, soldier; Ronald L Ford, 20 Gladstone Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells; Uncle, William Ford, Common View, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells.

Buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, III. F. 80, Mericourt-l'Abbe, France.

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