The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Flint

Photograph by "Len"

Private William FLINT, G/18822, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 2 Australian General Hospital, Boulogne, France, 11.00am 4th December 1916.

1911 Census - Tanyard Cottage, Tudeley, Kent - Henry Flint, head, age 42, married, farm labourer, born Capel; Alice Flint, wife, age 36, married 17 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Hadlow; William Flint, son, age 16, single, farm labourer, born Five Oak Green, Capel; Dora Flint, daughter, age 12, school, born Tonbridge; Florance Flint, daughter, age 4, born Tonbridge.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 20 years & 9 months, height 5ft 6¼ inches. Resided Tanyard Cottages, Tudeley, Kent. Formerly cowman.

Home 28th January 1916 to 1st October 1916; BEF 2nd October 1916 to 4th December 1916.

28th January 1916, enlisted; 29th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 17th March 1916, mobilized; 20th March 1916, posted Middlesex Regiment, Service No.6475; 2nd October 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 2nd October 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 2nd October 1916, posted 1/7th Middlesex Regiment; 14th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th November 1916, wounded in action; 20th November 1916, 13 Canadian Field Ambulance, wounded, gun shot wound right elbow; 21st November 1916, Boulogne, 2 Australian General Hospital, dangerously ill, gun shot wound right elbow & double basal pleurisy; 30th November 1916, Mr H Flint of Tanyard Cottages, Tudeley, Tonbridge accompanied by Sydney Clifton of Park Farm Cottages, Sarnmon? Hill Tonbride proceeds today to visit his son.

23rd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry F? Flint, 14 Waterloo Road, Tonbridge; Mother, Alice Flint, 14 Waterloo Road, Tonbridge; Sisters - Daisy L Clifton?, age 25, Home Farm, Somerhill?, Tonbridge; Dora A Flint, age 20, q.m.a.a.e?, No.1 Rest Camp, Folkestone; Florence Flint, age 13, 14 Waterloo Road, Tonbridge; Grandmother, Elizabeth Beach, Blackmans Lane, Hadlow, near Tonbridge; Nephews / Nieces - Gladys Clifton, age 5, Home Farm, Somerhill?, Tonbridge; William Clifton, age 2, Home Farm, Somerhill?, Tonbridge; Joyce Clifton, age 9 months, Home Farm, Somerhill?, Tonbridge.

Buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, II. B. 3., Pas de Calais, France.

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