The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant F G Yeo

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Second Lieutenant Frederick George YEO, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Private Honourable Artillery Company, Service No.4261), killed in action, 26th October 1916, age 23.

10th April 1893, born Bermondsey, London, son of Frederic and Mary Catherine Yeo, of 5, Como Road, Forest Hill, London. SE23.

5th September 1908 to 7th April 1911, Battersea Polytechnic Secondary, father Railway Clerk, 5, Como Road, Forest Hill, London. SE23. Previous School, Goodrich Road, LCC Elementary School, January 1911 Pupil Teachership withdrawn owing to unsatisfactory Elementary School Report, remaining in the school as a fee paying student, .occupation after leaving, clerk.

1911 Census - 179a Landells Road, East Dulwich, London SE - Frederic Yeo, head, age 48, married, Railway Clerk, worker, born Plaistow, Essex; Mary Yeo, wife, age 40, married 18 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Denver, Norfolk; Frederick Yeo, son, age 17, single, school, born Bermondsey, London; Lillie Yeo, daughter, age 16, single, school, born East Dulwich, London; Charles Yeo, son, age 3, born East Dulwich, London.

8th January 1916, posted BEF.

Buried at Maroc British Cemetery, I. L. 1., Grenay, France.

NOTE: Officers Died in the Great War gives date of death as 26th October 1916; CWGC web site shows 27th October 1916.

London Gazette 9th November 1916.

War Office, 9th November, 1916. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) with effect from dates shown:

Royal West Kent Regiment - Lance Corporal F. G. Yeo, from Honourable Artillery Company, Territorial Force - 3 October 1916.

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