The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W C Hedges

Private Welsmore Clarence HEDGES, G/16427, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1917.

Born Highgate, London, N., son of Henry Charles & Adelaide Elizabeth Hedges.

1911 Census - 37 Marlow Road, Anerley, Kent SE - Henry Hedges, head, age 53, married, butcher, own account, born Camberwell; Adelaide Elizabeth Hedges, wife, age 49, married 24 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Hindringham, Norfolk; Algernon Welsmore Henry Hedges, son, age 23, single, wood block engraver, worker, born St Johns Wood, London; Oscar Frederick Hedges, son, age 21, single, butcher, worker, born St Johns Wood, London; Welsmore Clarence Hedges, son, age 19, single, butcher, worker, born Highgate, London; Adelaide Elizabeth Hedges, daughter, age 17, single, home, born Beckenham, Kent; Osborne Paso Hedges, son, age 15, single, butcher, worker, born Beckenham, Kent; Majorie Hedges, daughter, age 13, born Beckenham, Kent;Mary Kathleen Hedges, daughter, age 7, born Beckenham, Kent; Earnest Edward Hedges, son, age 5, born Beckenham, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 22 years 5 months, height 5ft 4¼ inches, weight 110lbs, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, 2 moles over spine above shoulder blades, 2 spots back of left forearm. Resided Anerley, Surrey. Formerly butcher.

Home 7th September 1914 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 1st November 1916; Home 2nd November 1916 to 13th June 1917; BEF 14th June 1917 to 31st July 1917.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th November 1914, Belhurst? Park, leaving ranks without permission, 7 days confined to Camp; 1st April 1915, Purfleet, causing disturbance after lights out having been previously checked, 3 days confined to Camp; 8th May 1915, Colchester, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight till 10.00pm 9th May 1915, admonished, forfeits one days pay; 7th June 1915, transferred to 18th Division Cycling Company, Army Cyclist Corps, Service No.16586?; 6th August 1915, posted TC?; 31st October 1915, Sandford? absent from 10.00pm 31st October 1915 till 7.00am 4th November 1915, (3 days 9 hours), 168 hours detention, forfeits 5 days pay; 13th November 1915, posted 41st D.C.?; 17th February 1916, Aldershot, late falling in on 7.15am Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 8th April 1916, 123rd Brigade, passed Class of Instruction as 1st Class Bomber; 4th May 1916, embarked; 20th May 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 12th October 1916, Etaples, 6 General Hospital, gun shot wound face & arm; 2nd November 1916, to England ex 26 General Hospital, on Hospital Ship "Newhaven"; 2nd November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd November 1916 to 13th February 1917, Mill Road Infirmary, Liverpool, synovitis of knee, had a piece of shrapnel removed from eyebrow whilst there; 1st March 1917 to 31st May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, gun shot wound left knee; 1st June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th July 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Hedges, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Mother, Adelaide Elizabeth Hedges, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Brothers - A W H Hedges, age 32, 41 Marlow Road, Annerley; Oscar Frederick Hedges, age 30, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham; Oscar Pascoe Hedges, age 24, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Ernest Edward Hedges, age 13, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Sisters - Elizabeth Adelaide Hedges, age 25, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Marjorie Hedges, age 21, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge; Mary Kathleen Hedges, age 16, 71 Oakfield Road, Penge.

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

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