The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W E Hackett

Corporal William Edward HACKETT, G/5667, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1917.

Born Plumstead, Kent, son of Samuel Walter & Jane Hackett.

1911 Census - 8 Albert Cotts, Graham Road, Bexley Heath, Kent - Samuel Hackett, head, age 54, married, slater & tiler, employer, born Southwark, London; Jane Hackett, wife, age 49, married 31 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Southwark, London; William Hackett, son, age 22, single, painter journeyman, house decorator, worker, born Plumstead, Kent; Richard Hackett, son, age 21, single, nurseryman journeyman, florist, worker, born Plumstead, Kent; Alfred Hackett, son, age 15, single, newsboy, stationer, worker, born Plumstead, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 26 years & 70 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 120lbs, scar back of left hand, tattoos left forearm. Resided 27 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath, Kent. Formerly painter.

Home 6th February 1915 to 11th May 1915; BEF 12th May 1915 to 4th October 1915; Home 5th October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 31sy July 1917.

6th February 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th February 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th May 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th October 1915, wounded gun shot wound, right arm; 20th October 1915 to 4th November 1915, Hospital, gun shot wound, right arm; 14th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th December 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 23rd September 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 16th June 1917, promoted Corporal; 8th July 1917, 10 days leave to UK; 31st July 1917, posted missing.

18th July 1917,Christ Church, Bexley Heath, Kent, William Edward Hackett, age 28 bachelor, Corporal R W Kent, 27 Woolwich Road, , father Samuel Walter Hackett, slater, married (by Licence), Lilian Violet Violet Benge, age 25, spinster, 122 Hengish Road, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, father William George Benge, labourer.

8th April 1918, pension of 15/- a week awarded to widow.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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