The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal A Boorman

Lance Corporal Arthur Edgar BOORMAN, S/133, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 18th April 1915.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of Ernest and Clara Boorman.

11th November 1901, Parish Church, Maidstone, Kent, married Elizabeth Apps, spinster, of 15, Bonneys Yard, King St., Maidstone, Kent / 21, Bonneys Yard, King St., Maidstone, Kent.

Children: Sarah Rathleen Boorman, born 8th October 1902, Maidstone; Rachel Clare Boorman, born 13th September 1904, Maidstone; Jane Lily Boorman, born 3rd June 1910, Maidstone; Gracie Hilda Boorman, born 18th December 1912, Maidstone.

Prviously served in Kings Royal Garrison Artillery, time expired.

1911 Census - 21, Bonneys Yard, King St., Maidstone, Kent. - Arthur Boorman, head, age 28, married, born Maidstone, Kent; Elizabeth Boorman, wife, age 28, married 10 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; Norah Boorman, daughter, age 8, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Rachel Boorman, daughter, age 6, school, born Maidstone, Kent; Ivy Boorman, daughter, age 3, born Maidstone, Kent; Jane Boorman, daughter, age 9 months, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 33, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 124lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, tattoo marks on both forearms. Formerly plasterer.

Home 22nd August 1914 to 5th March 1915; BEF 6th March 1915 to 18th April 1915.

22nd August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd October 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 6th March 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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