The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W T Fairbain

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Lance Corporal Walter Thomas FAIRBAIN / FAIRBAIRN, G/10539, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 21st September 1917, age 21.

Born Dulwich, SE, son of John and Elizabeth Mary Fairbairn, of 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London.

1911 Census - 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London, SE - Elizabeth M Fairbairn, wife, age 38, married 16 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, Private Means, born Chelsea; Walter T Fairbairn, son, age 14, messenger boy, born East Dulwich, Camberwell; Dorothy C Fairbairn, daughter, age 12, born Peckham, Camberwell; Hilda M Fairbairn, daughter, age 5, born Lower Sydenham, Lewisham.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 19 years 155 days, height 5ft 10¼ inches, weight 125lbs, mole inner side right nipple. Resided 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, SE. Formerly shop assistant.

30th October 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 22nd March 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 20th September 1917, wounded in action; 21st September 1917, 6 Australian Field Ambulance, shell / shrapnel wound abdomen; 21st September 1917, 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, died of wounds.

11th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Elizabeth M Fairbairn, 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London, SE; Sisters - Dorothy Fairbairn, age 21, 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London, SE; Hilda Fairbairn, age 13, 133, Perry Rise, Forest Hill, London, SE; Grandparents - Alice Kennard, age 71, 119 Bradgate Road, Catford, SE; Edward Kennard, age 71, 119 Bradgate Road, Catford, SE; Uncles & Aunts - Jessie Rise, age 48, 3 Stodart? Road, Penge, SE; Nellie Adnitt, age 45, Barcroft?, Limpsfield, Surrey; Fanny Neeves?, age 42, Station House, Felling?, near Faversham; Alice Kennard, age 39, Sholbury?, Southend Road, Beckenham; Edward Kennard, age 35?, 114 Torridon? Road, Catford, SE; Kathleen Kennard, age 30, 3 Stodart? Road, Penge, SE; Thomas Kennard, age 27, 18? Malpal? Road, New Cross, SE.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXIII. B. 11A, Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show lat name as FAIRBAIN; CWGC website shows it as FAIRBAIRN.

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