The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal R C Carver

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Lance Corporal Robert Charles CARVER, G/4416, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 5th December 1916, age 27.

Born Tidal Basin, Essex, son of William John and Jane Carver, of 10, Glenn Road, Prince Regent Lane, Plaistow, Essex.

1911 Census - 5 St Lukes Square, Tidal Basin, Victoria Docks, West Ham - William John Carver, head, age 44, married, steam tug driver, coaling syndicate, born Victoria Docks; Jane Carver, wife, age 43, married 21 years, 6 children 5 still alive, born Canning Town; Robert Charles Carver, son, age 18, single, steam tug fireman, coaling syndicate, born Tidal Basin; Richard Carver, son, age 17, single, no occupation, born Tidal Basin; Benjamin Carver, son, age 10, school, born Tidal Basin; Stanley Carver, son, age 8, school, born Tidal Basin; Alice Carver, daughter, age 13, school, born Tidal Basin; Charles Wilmott, grandfather, age 76, widower, old age pension, born March, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex, age 22, height 5ft 5⅝ inches, weight 120lbs, 2 scars inside right arm, mole left buttock, ??? right hip. Resided 10 Glenn Road, Plaistow, Essex. Formerly casual labourer.

23rd January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th April 1915, landed 5 Infantry Base Depot; 3rd May 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 16th July 1916, 1 General Hospital, JCT foot; 24th July 1916, 4 Convalescent Depot; 30th July 1916, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 6th August 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th August 1916, joined 6th Battalion, in the Field; 24th October 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

26th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William J Carver, 10, Glenn Road, Plaistow; Mother Jane Carver, 10, Glenn Road, Plaistow; Brothers - Benjamin Carver, age 19, serving with Colours; Stanley Carver, age 16, serving with Colours; Sister, Mrs A Swallow, 24, Glenn Road, Plaistow; Aunt, Annie Smith, age 63, 24, Glenn Road, Plaistow.

Buried at Wailly Orchard Cemetery, I. H. 2., Pas de Calais, France.

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