The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Burwell

Photograph by "Len"

Private Alfred James BURWELL, G/10475, "A" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Prisoner of War, Le Cateau War Hospital, No.10., Flanders France, 30th September 1918, age 21.

Born Pimlico, London, SW, son of Charles Henry and Agnes Burwell, of 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, Acton, W4.

1911 Census - 53 St Judes Road, Englefield Green, Surrey - Charles Henry Burwell, head, age 44, married, chauffeur, domestic, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Agnes Burwell, wife, age 38, married 17 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Bassingbourn, Hertfordshire; Charles Reader Burwell, son, age 16, single, errand boy, born Kensington, London; John Joseph Burwell, son, age 15, single, garden boy, born Kensington, London; Alfred James Burwell, son, age 13, paperboy & school boy, born Pimlico, London; Thomas William Burwell, son, age 11, school boy, born Kensington, London; Frederick Arthur Burwell, son, age 9, school boy, born Tolworth, Surrey; Henry Victor Burwell, son, age 1, born Englefield Green, Surrey.

Enlisted Fulham, SW, age 19 years & 66 days, height 5ft 9¼ inches, 118lbs, birth scar left bicep, scar left cheek, mole right side of mouth, mole left cheek near ear, slight varicoele left, not incapacitating. Resided 4 Springfield Rd, Teddington, Middlesex. Formerly tramway regulator.

Home 29th October 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF19th May 1916 to 30th September 1918.

29th October 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 13th May 1916, appointed Lance Corporal; 17th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th January 1917, deprived of lance stripe;21st March 1918, reported missing. Prisoner of War.

15th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Henry Burwell, 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale; Mother, Agnes Burwell, 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale; Brothers - Charles Reader Burwell, age 26, 131 Valetta Road, Acton Vale; John Joseph Burwell, age 25, 40 Emlyn Road, Hammersmith; Thomas William Burwell, age 21, 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale; Frederick Arthur Burwell, age 19, 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale; Henry Victor Burwell, age 11, 133 Valetta Road, Acton Vale.

Buried at Le Cateau Military Cemetery, I.B.144., Nord, France.

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