The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Bonner

Private Arthur Ernest BONNER, G/3080, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, on or since, 26th September 1915.

Born Norwood, Surrey.

1911 Census - 24 St Pauls Road, Canonbury, London, N - Harriet Quarterman, head, age 66, widow, private means, born Dunsfold, Surrey; Arthur Ernest Bonner, cousin, age 18, single, brass polisher, motor, born Norwood, Surrey; Maria Taylor, servant , age 60, single, domestic, born Islington, London.

No Relatives, Next of Kin, Guardian, - Mrs Harriet Quarterman, Gayton Cottage, Mead Road, Cranleigh, near Guildford, Surrey.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex, age 21, height 5ft 2⅞, weight 107lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, auburn hair, scar between eyebrows. Resided 11 Ardleigh Road, Dalston, NE. Formerly motor mechanic.

Home 9th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th September 1915, reported wounded & missing.

Statement of Relatives, 26th July 1919 - Mother, Emily Bonner, address not known; Harriet Quarterman, foster mother since he was nine months old, Gayton Cottage, Mead Road, Cranleigh, near Guildford, Surrey.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

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