The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal J H Perkins

Lance Corporal James Henry PERKINS, G/25917, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 37325, Royal Fusiliers), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 30.

19th September 1887, born Hackney, E, son of Henry John & Elizabeth Louisa Perkins, of 236, Neville Road, Forest Gate, Essex.

5th April 1888, St John, Hackney, Middlesex, baptism of James Henry Perkins, son of Henry John, (tram conductor), & Elizabeth Louisa Perkins, 23 Churchill Road.

1911 Census - 114 Upton Park Road, Forest Gate, London E - Henry John Perkins, head, age 48, married, Electric Tram Conductor, Borough Council, worker, born St Pancras, London; Elizabeth Louisa Perkins, wife, age 49, married 25 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Banbury, Oxford; Elizabeth Louisa Perkins, daughter, age 24, single, general servant, domestic, born Hackney, London; James Henry Perkins, son, age 23, single, shop assistant, stationer, worker, born Hackney, London; Henry Perkins, son, age 17, single, sop assistant, tobacconist, worker, born Hackney, London; Charles Perkins, son, age 15, single, errand boy, book binders, worker, born Hackney, London; Thomas Perkins, son, age 13, school, born West Ham, Essex; Florence Perkins, daughter, age 11, born West Ham, Essex

29th March 1914, St Peter & St Paul, Dagenham, Essex, James Henry Perkins, age 26, father Henry John Perkins, married Maria Jordon, 15, Dewey Road, Dagenham, Essex.

Children - Constance Millicent Perkins, born 23rd January 1917

Enlisted East Ham, E. Resided Dagenham, Surrey.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.

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