The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Dutch

Private William George DUTCH, 241637, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 20.

9th September 1897, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex, son of Mrs. Alice Stevenson (formerly Dutch), of 2, Barton Court, Hoxton Street, Hoxton, London.

26th September 1897, St James the Great, Bethnal Green, baptism of William George Dutch, son of George & Alice Dutch.

Enlisted 29th January 1916, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, age 18 years & 4 months, height 5ft 2¼ inches, weight 98lbs, physical development poor, physique poor. Resided 159 Great Cambridge Street, Hackney Road, Shoreditch. Formerly traveller / messenger boy.

Home 29th January 1916 to 12th September 1917; BEF 13th September 1917 to 12th October 1917.

29th January 1916, enlisted; 30th January 1916, to Army Reserve; 1st September 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1917, posted "D" Company, 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th August 1917, forfeits 4 days pay for absence; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 12th October 1917, posted missing.

28th November 1919, State3ment of Relatives - Father, dead; Mother, Alice Stevenson, 2, Barton Court, Hoxton; Brothers - George Dutch, age 27, 2, Barton Court, Hoxton; Albert Dutch, age 24, Service No.18355?, HDFLS?; Sisters - Elizabeth Dutch, age 19, 2, Barton Court, Hoxton; Half Blood Sisters - Marguerite Stevenson, age 14, 2, Barton Court, Hoxton; Maud Stevenson, age 11, 2, Barton Court, Hoxton.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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