The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal S H Birch

Lance Corporal Sydney Herbert BIRCH, L/10392, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 22nd February 1915, age 17.

Born Chiswick, Middlesex, son of George Samuel & Elizabeth Lucy Birch, of 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, London.

1911 Census - 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4 - George Samuel Birch, head, age 48, married, bricklayer, Urban District Council, born Ealing, Middlesex; Elizabeth Lucy Birch, wife, age 49, married26 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Midhurst, Sussex; Ethel Beatrice Birch, daughter, age 23, single, journalists printer, born Chiswick, Middlesex; Gertrude Winnifred Birch, daughter, age 19, single, domestic house maid, born Chiswick, Middlesex; Alfred Leonard Birch, son, age 18, single, house painter, born Chiswick, Middlesex; Herbert Sydney Birch, son, age 15, single, plumbers mate, born Chiswick, Middlesex.

Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, age 18, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 129lbs. Formerly painters labourer.

Home 1st July 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF 7th December 1914 to 22nd February 1915.

1st July 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st October 1914, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 7th December 1914, posted 1st Battalion, unpaid Lance Corporal.

9th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Samuel Birch, age 58, 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4; Mother, Elizabeth Lucy Birch, age 58, 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4; Brothers - George Birch, age 33, 80 Beaumont Road, Acton Green; Leonard Birch, age 25, 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4; Sisters - Ethel Birch, age 30, 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4; Winifred Birch, age 28, 33, Holly Road, Chiswick, W4;

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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