The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal A W Harvey

Lance Corporal Alexander William HARVEY, G/9959, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th July 1916.

Born Hammersmith, Middlesex.

23rd June 1907, Fulham Register Office, married Annie Oliver, spinster, 5 Haylett Mews, West Kensington, London, W.

Children - Evelyn Gwendoline Harvey, born 26th September 1907, Fulham; Stanley Frederick Gordon Harvey, born 28th April 1909; Phyllis Muriel Harvey, born 11th April 1910; Leonard Alexander Harvey, born 12th May 1913, Fulham; Douglas William Harvey, born 27th July 1916, South Hammersmith.

1911 Census - 5 Redan Street, West Kensington Park, London, W - Alexander Harvey, head, age 28, married, house painter, worker, born Hammersmith; Annie Harvey, wife, age 24, married 4 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Nutley, Hampshire; Evelyn H Harvey, daughter, age 3, born Hammersmith; Phillis M Harvey, daughter, age 11 months.

Entry crossed through - Stanly F Harvey, son, age 1½? years, born Marylebone - in hospital, did not sleep here.

Enlisted Hammersmith, Middlesex, age 33, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 128lbs, indistinct marks left forearm, sleight? or eight? marks right forearm, heart & dots right forearm. Resided 5 Haylett Mews, West Kensington, London, W / 59 Milson Road, 41West Kensington Park, London, W14/ Faroe Road, West Kensington Park, London, W / 59 West Kensington Park, London, W / 63 Raleigh Road, West Kensington, London. Formerly painter.

Home, 15th September 1915 to 15th June 1916; BEF, 16th June 1916 to 13th July 1916.

15th September 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1915, posted 3rd Garrison Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th November 1915, Chatham, dirty equipment on Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 15th December 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 21st January 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 16th June 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th June 1916, Etaples, Infantry Base Depot; 6th July 1916, joined Battalion In the Field.

29th April 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 34/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

30th April 1917, pension of 31/3 a week awarded to widow & children

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

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