The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A A Cansdale

Private Arthur Allen CANSDALE, G/15148, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th October 1916.

Born Bures St Mary, Suffolk, son of George & Harriett Cansdale, The Green, Bures St Mary, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Gobions Cottages, Linford near Stanford Le Hope, Grays - George Cansdale, head, age 46, married, horseman, farm, born Bures, Essex; Harriett Cansdale, wife, age 48, married 26 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Bures, Essex; James Cansdale, son, age 19, single, farm labourer, born Bures, Essex; Charlie Cansdale, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, born Bures, Essex; Arthur Cansdale, son, age 11, school, born Colne, Essex; Bertie Cansdale, son, age 5, school, born Canvey Island, Essex.

Enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk, age 18 years & 9 months, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 113lbs. Resided The Green Bures St Mary, Suffolk. Formerly farm labourer.

Home 26th February 1916 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

26th February 1916, enlisted; 27th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 11th May 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th May 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, embarked; 13th September 1916, posted Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, posted & joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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