The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal A E Pennett

Lance Corporal Albert Edward PENNETT, G/2522, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st August 1916.

Born Paddington, Middlesex, son of James Edward Pennett, 27 North Wharf Road, Paddington.

1911 Census - 128 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London W - Albert Pennett, servant, age 24, single, footman, born Paddington.

1911 Census - 21 Netley Street, Sherland Road, Paddington - Thomas Holmes, head, age 49, married, coachman, jobmaster, worker, born Edwardstone, Suffolk; Harriet Matilda Holmes, wife, age 47, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Oxted, Surrey; Ellen Matilda Holmes, daughter, age 22, single, cook, private, worker, born Oxted, Surrey; *Harriet Alice Holmes, daughter age 20, housemaid, private, worker, born Oxted, Surrey; Thomas George Holmes, son, age 13, school morning, boy domestic, born Paddington, London; Harry Holmes, son, age 9, school, born Paddington, London; Joseph Holmes, son, age 6, school, born Paddington, London; Mildred Holmes, daughter, age 2, born North Kensington, London; Harriet Matilda Pennett Holmes, grandchild, age 2, born Marylebone, London.

* 1918, December, died age 28, Marylebone Registration District.

Sister - Mrs Grimes, 27 North Wharf Road, Paddington, London W2.

Enlisted Marylebone, Middlesex, age 28, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 119lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair. Not married. Formerly footman.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF, 30th August 1915 to 7th December 1915; Home, 8th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 21st August 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st August 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass, from 11.00pm to 9.50pm on 22nd, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits one days pay; 30th August 1915, embarked; 2nd November 1915 appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 12th November 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 3rd December 1915, 72 Field Ambulance; 4th December 1915, 20 Casualty Clearing Station, trench feet; 8th December 1915, to England, Hospital Ship Dieppe; 8th December 1915 posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1915 to 1st February 1916, The French Hospital (London), trench feet; 1st February 1916 to 7th February 1916, 1st London General Hospital, trench feet, ulceration of left G toe; 7th February 1916 to 17th March 1916, healed, discharged to furlough; 27th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion.

21st July 1919, Statement of Relatives, addressed to Miss Harriet Alice Holmes, 7 Bryanstow Street, Portman Square, London W; completed by Mrs Harriet Matilda Holmes, 21 Netley Street, Sherland Road, Paddington, Grandmother & Guardian to Soldiers child Harriet Matilda Pennett Holmes, born 13th March 1909, age 10.

*Common Law wife, thought to be Harriet Alice Holmes, deceased.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

This page was last updated on 16-Apr-2021.