The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Collard

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Private Albert COLLARD, G/18406, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound to the chest), 29 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 21st October 1918, age 21.

Born Woodnesborough, Kent, son of George and Emily Maria Collard.

8th August 1897, Woodnesborough, Kent, baptism of Albert Collard, son, George and Emily Maria Collard.

1911 Census - Holly Villa, Moat Lane, Ash, Kent - George Collard, head, age 52, married, farm labourer, born Ash; Emily Collard, wife, age 50, married 28 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Woodnesboro'; Charles Collard, son, age 27, single, farm labourer, born Woodnesboro'; William Collard, son, age 25, single, farm labourer, born Woodnesboro'; Thomas Collard, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, born Woodnesboro'; Albert Collard, son, age 13, farm boy, born Woodnesboro'.

Enlisted Ash, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 138lbs. Resided Holly Villa, Moat Lane, Ash, Kent. Formerly milkman.

Home 10th May 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 7th August 1917; Home 8th August 1917 to 11th March 1918; BEF 12th March 1918 to 21st October 1918.

10th May 1915, enlisted Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.2622 & posted 3/1 Battalion; 15th June 1915, transferred to 2/1 Battalion; 21st September 1916, posted BEF, embarked; 22nd September 1916, 38 Infantry Base Depot Etaples; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, in the Field; 7th August 1917, trench foot, to England; 8th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th August 1917 to 15th September 1917, Military Hospital, York, trench feet; 15th September 1917 to 25th September 1917, furlough; 7th December 1917 to 8th January 1918, Military Hospital, Shoreham by Sea, jaundice; 12th March 1918, posted BEF; Infantry Base Depot; 15th March 1918, embarked; 19th March 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1918, wounded.

28th April 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 5/- a week will cease.

16th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Collard, Moat Lane, Ash, near Canterbury; Mother, Emily Maria Collard, Moat Lane, Ash, near Canterbury; Brothers - William George Collard, age 33, Moat Lane, Ash, near Canterbury; Charles Edward Collard, age 36, Chartham Assylum, near Canterbury; Thomas Sidney Collard, age 23, Pte 1/4 The Buffs, Multan, India; Uncles / Aunts - Sarah Spratt, age 73, Mount Eppam, Ash, near Canterbury; Casaltine? Wilson, age 65, Harnet Street, Sandwich; Elizabeth Clements, age 55, Palm Tree, Woodnesborough; William Collard, age 57, Victoria Terrace, Ash, near Canterbury.

Buried at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, II. D. 23., Beugny, Pas de Calais, France.

NOTE: not included in Regimental History Roll of Honour

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