The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F A Pryer

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Lance Corporal Frank Auger PRYER, G/12039. 11th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1917, age 32.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of Edwin and Susanna Helena Pryer, of 12, Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 30 years & 187 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 123lbs, fracture of fibula last October, leg weak.   Resided at 12 Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly mariner.

Allotment of Pay 1/9 a week payable to mother.

Home 29th January 1916 to 31st January 1917; BEF 1st February 1917 to 31st July 1917.

29th January 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th February 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th May 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 22nd June 1916, promoted Lance Corporal; 24th August 1916, posted Home Garrison Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1917, posted 3rtd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st February 1917, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st February 1917, embarked / disembarked; 22nd February 1917joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

3rd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Edwin Pryer, 12, Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone; Mother, Susanna Helena Pryer, 12, Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone; Brothers - Edwin? Russell Pryer, age 39, 29 Tafton Street, Maidstone, Kent; George Wella? Pryer, age 37, 29 Bassidge? Road, Sheerness, Kent; Reginald Edwin Pryer, age 27, Canada; Ronald Leslie Pryer, age 27?, 27 Grif??? Road, Wimbledon; Sisters - Florence Helen Fancourt, age 29, 12 Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone; Grace Violet May Pryer, age 18, 12 Medway Terrace, Waterside, Maidstone.

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