The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Bulman

Photograph by "Steve N"

Private William Henry BULMAN, 205888, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 3112, Weald & Cumberland Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, 29th September 1918.

Born Culgaith, Penrith, Cumberland, son of Henry & Annie Bulman.

Enlisted Penrith, Cumberland, age 19 years & 2 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 146 lbs. Formerly farm servant.

16th November 1915, enlisted; 31st January 1917, posted 1/1Weald & Cumberland Yeomanry, Service No. 3112; 21st September 1917, transferred Border Regiment, posted 7th Weald & Cumberland Yeomanry, Service No. 31578; 15th December 1917, posted Depot Border Regiment, Service No 260313; 15th December 1917 to 19th December 1917, Suffolk Hospital Ampton, Bury St Edmunds; 19th February 1917 to 9th February 1918, Hospital Easton ????market;

9th February 1918 to 18th February 1918, furlough, 5 Border Regiment, address Town Head, Kirkswald; 19th February 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment; 31st March 1918, posted BEF; 13th August 1918, transferred to 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

3rd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Bulman, Kirkswald?, S O Carlisle; Mother, Annie Bulman, Kirkswald?, S O Carlisle; Brother Matthew Edward Bulman, age 21, Broad? Meadows, Melhuish?; Isacc Mason Bulman, age 19, Scale Hill, Lazonby?; Joseph Watson Bulman, age 16, Wetheral? Shields, ????; Frances Jackson Bulman, age 5, Kirkswald?, S O Carlisle; Sisters - Hannah Lyrie?, age 18 Ainstable, Arranhurst?; Doris Annie Bulman, age 8, Kirkswald?, S O Carlisle.

Buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Sp. Mem. B. 10. Somme, France.

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