The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F E Yorke

Lance Corporal Frank Ernest YORK / YORKE, 200858, (TF/2453),2nd / 4th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 19th April 1917.

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Yorke, Firtree Cottages, East Farleigh, Maidstone.

1911 Census - Firtree Cottages, Coxheath, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent - William Frederick Yorke, head, age 55, married, horse keeper, farm work, worker, born Hookham, Kent; Elizabeth Ann Yorke, wife, age 53, married 30 years, 11 children, all still alive, monthly nurse & laundress, own account, born Headcorn, Kent; Arthur Leonard Yorke, son, age 20, single, cowman, farm dairy work, own account, born Rolvenden, Kent; Earnest Frank Yorke, son, age 20, single, wagoners mate, farm work, own account, born Farleigh, Kent; Harold Eric Yorke, son age 11, attending Council School, born Farleigh, Kent; Hupert Jessie Yorke, son, age 9, attending Council School, born Farleigh, Kent; William Henry Lane, visitor, age 70, widower, Old Age Pensioner, bone Stone Boro, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone Kent. Resided East Farleigh Kent.

9th August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of WAr.

Buried at Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and at Parish Church of St. Mary, East Farleigh, Kent.

NOTE: CWGC web site shows E YORKE

Information provided by Tony Grant of the Snodland Historical Society

This page was last updated on 22-Aug-2023.