The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E V West

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Private Albert Edward Victor WEST, G/15279, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 30th September 1916, age 19.

Born Hawley, Kent, son of Alfred George and Ellen West, of 20, Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - 20, Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent - George West, head, age 41, married, bleach mixer, paper mill, worker, born Dartford, Kent; Ellen West, wife, age 37, married 16 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born  Hawley, Kent; Albert West, son, age 14, school, born  Hawley, Kent; Leonard West, son, age 11, school, born  Hawley, Kent.

Enlisted Dartford, Kent, age 18 years & 240 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 114lbs.  Resided 20 Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent. Formerly chemical labourer.

Home, 28th November 1915 to 4th September 1916; BEF, 5th September 1916 to 30th September 1916.

28th November 1915, enlisted; 29th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 22nd May 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot.

6th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred George West, 20 Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent; Mother Ellen West, 20 Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent; Brothers - Leonard Thomas West, age 19, 20 Waldeck Road, Dartford, Kent; Sisters, none.

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