The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal C Blackman

Lance Corporal Charles BLACKMAN, G/4017, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 8th May 1918, age 20.

Born, Maidstone, Kent, son of Charles Sydney and Alice Blackman, of 13, Wellington Place, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 13, Wellington Place, Maidstone, Kent - Charles Sydney Blackman, head, age 35. married, assistant auctioneer sales, born Mersham, near Ashford, Kent; Sarah Ann Blackman, wife, age 34, married 16 years, 5 children, 3 still alive, ironer laundry, born Birling, Kent; George Blackman, son, age 15, single, van driving, baker, born Ashford, Kent; Charles Blackman, son, age 13, school, born Maidstone, Kent; May Blackman, daughter, age 9, school, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 134lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark hair. Formerly shop assistant.

Home 24th September 1914 to 21st June 1915; BEF 22nd June 1915 to 5th July 1916; Home 6th July 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 28th April 1917; Home 29th April 1917 to 29th March 1918; BEF 30th March 1918 to 8th May 1918.

24th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1915, joined Battalion; 13th October 1915, 14 Field Ambulance, wounded, shrapnel wound face; 13th October 1915, to 8 MAC (Motor Ambulance Convoy); 14th October 1915, to 15 Ambulance Train; 15th October 1915, admitted 20 General Hospital, Camiens; 22nd October 1915, Etaples, 12 Division Base Depot; 30th October 1915, rejoined Battalion; 13th March 1916, to Hospital; 17th March 1916, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1916, wounded, shrapnel wound left foot; 5th July 1916, to England on Hospital Ship; 6th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1916 to 14th September 1916, Reading War Hospital, gun shot wound; 24th August 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th September 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 3rd October 1916, posted Infantry Base & embarked; 7th October 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 17th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th April 1917, wounded in action; 10th April 1917, 19 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wound, arm; 11th April 1917, 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; 28th April 1917, to England, Hospital Ship Brighton, gun shot wound right side; 29th April 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th April 1917 to 14th August 1917, Chichester War Hospital, bullet wound, right elbow; 26th August 1917 to 29th December 1917, Eastern Command Depot, gun shot wound elbow, bullet went through arm & walls of abdomen; 31st December 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th March 1918, posted Infantry Base, embarked / disembarked; 30th March 1918, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd April 1918, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Buried at Gwalia Cemetery, II.F.20., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

This page was last updated on 14-Jan-2017.