The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private A Harman
Private Arthur HARMAN, G/1039, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 1st September 1916.
Born Rotherfield, Sussex, son of David & Ellen Harman, Stone Cottage, Jarvis Brook, Sussex.
1911 Census - 6 Mottens Hill, Jarvis Brook, Sussex - Percy Harman, head, age 30, married, carman, carrier & contractor, worker, born Jarvis Brook; Ethel Harman, wife, age 32, married 3 years, no children, born Littlehampton; Arthur C Harman, husbands brother, age 18, single, carman, Railway Company, born Jarvis Brook.
Enlisted 4th September 1914, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 21 years & 274 days, height 5ft 4 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, second toe on each foot override great toe, no detriment. Formerly cab driver.
Home, 4th September 1914 to 3rd October 1915; BEF, 4th October 1915 to 1st September 1916.
4th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th October 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th February 1916, wounded in action; 6th February 1916, 72 Field Ambulance, rifle wound to chin; 7th February 1916, 73 Field Ambulance, rifle wound to chin; 13th February 1916, returned to duty.
28th June 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by Percy Harman - Father, deceased; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Percy Harman, age 38, 6 Mottens Hill, Jarvis Brook, Sussex; Alan Harman, age 27, Boundfield?, Jarvis Brook; Sisters - Lena Syrett, age 36, 20 Ordnance Road, ??????, Eva Hart, age 30, Church Fields, West Malling, Kent.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.
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