The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F Buxton

Lance Corporal Frank BUXTON, G/2090, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th September 1916.

Born Pimlico, London, Middlesex.

Widow, Esther M Buxton.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 35, height 5ft 8¾ inches, weight 135lbs. Formerly blacksmith.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 13th July 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 26th December 1915, deprived of stripes; 12th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th July 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal.

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

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