The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sgt R C Fawsitt

Sergeant Richard Charles FAWSITT, 77, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

17th April 1865, born Bermondsey, Surrey.

14th May 1865, Christ Church, Bermondsey, baptism of Richard Charles Fawsitt, son of Frederick, (leather dresser), & Elizabeth Sophia Fawsitt, 77 Grange Road, Bermondsey, Surrey.

14th November 1883, joined 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.701; Served as Lance Sergeant, 6903 / 391, attached 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, South Africa. Awarded Volunteer Long Service Medal in 1903 & South African Medal, 3 Bars; 31st March 1908 discharged .

1904, September Quarter, Bromley Registration District, married Rose Amelia Castleton, born 5th October 1868..

1911 Census - 3 Great Elms Road, Bromley, Kent - Richard Charles Fawsitt, head, age 45, married, leather seller assistant, leather seller, worker, born Bermondsey, Surrey; Rose Amelia Fawsett, wife, age 43, married 7 years, no children, born Eltham, Kent; May Edna Frisby, relative / boarder, age 24, single, drapers assistant, drapery, worker, born Lee, Kent.

Enlisted 1st April 1908, Bromley, Kent, age 42 years & 11 months. Resided 42 Haywood Road, Bromley, Kent / 10 Limpoons Road, Bromley, Kent / 21 Market Square, Bromley, Kent. Formerly leather seller.

Home 1st April 1908 to 28th October 1914; India, 29th October 1914 to 12th August 1916; Home, 13th August 1916 to 27th October 1916.

1st April 1908, enlisted as Sergeant into Territorials, 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, former service with Volunteer Battalion; 25th July 1908 to 8th August 1908, Annual Training, Walmer, Kent; 22nd May 1909 to 5th June 1909, Annual Training, Dover Camp; 23rd July 1910 to 6th August 1910, Annual Training, Dover Camp; 30th July 1911 to 13th August 1911, Annual Training Crowborough, Sussex; 29th October 1914, posted India & embarked H.M. Transport Corsican; 4th December 1914, Jhansi, India, disembarked; 26th March 1915, Jhansi, India, medical examination - age 43, formerly leather seller, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 139lbs; 18th February 1916, Jubblepore, India; 4th March 1916, Jhansi, India; 13th August 1916, posted Territorial Force Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment;

27th October 1916, Old Palace, Maidstone, Kent, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness. Silver War Badge issued . Age 51, height 5ft 6 inches, dark complexion, grey eyes, hair, black turning grey, mole on right side, cut on left forefinger.

22nd January 1917 to 24th October 1919, served in 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

1939, England & Wales Register - Richard C Fawsitt, leather dealer retired, & Rose A Fawsitt, unpaid domestic duties, 28 West Street, Bromley, Kent.

12th May 1941, Probate - FAWSITT Richard Charles of 28 West Street, Bromley, Kent, died 28th February 1941. Administration (with Will), Llandudno, 13th May to Rose Amelia Fawsitt, widow, Effects £1089 17s 7d.

23rd November 1951, Probate - FAWSITT Amelia Rosa otherwise Rose Amelia, of 28 West Street, Bromley, Kent, widow died 14th August 1951, at the Beckenham Hospital, Kent. Probate London to 23rd November to Ronald Castleton Knight, outfitter and Derek Harry Shorter, aircraft pilot. Effects £1277 13s 3d.

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