The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Hankins

Private Albert John HANKINS, G/5383, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915.

Born Sittingbourne, Kent, son of George & Mary Hankins.

1901 Census - 36 Cockleshell Walk, Sittingbourne, Kent - George Hankins, head, age 40, married, paper mill labour, born London, Middlesex; Mary A Hankins, wife, age 40, married, born Maidstone, Kent; Priscilla Hankins, daughter, age 12, born Maidstone, Kent; Elizabeth Hankins, daughter, age 9, born Maidstone, Kent; James Hankins, son, age 7, born Maidstone, Kent; Albert Hankins, son, age 5, born Sittingbourne, Kent; Lilian Hankins, daughter, age 2, born Sittingbourne, Kent.

Enlisted Harringay, Middlesex, age 19 years & 61 days, scar over left eye, ???? left hand. Resided 37 Rossington Street, Upper Clapton, NE. Formerly bandsaw maker.

Next of Kin (sister) - Miss / Mrs P Drury, 58 West Street, Sittingbourne, Kent / 24 Fairbank Street, New North Road, N1 / c/o Dalgetty & Co Ltd, 45 Bishopsgate Street, London EC2.

Home 10th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

10th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 26th September 1915, wounded & posted missing.

2nd September 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by Mr A E Read, cousin, 23 Burford Gardens, Palmers Green, N13. - Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers, none; Sisters - Mrs Priscilla Drury, age 31, c/o Dalgetty & Co Ltd, 45 Bishopsgate Street, London EC2; Mrs Elizabeth Brinkman, age 27, 86 Southwood Road, Upper Clapton, E5; Agnes Hankins, age 17, 45 Bishopsgate Street, London EC2.

Legatees - Ada B Evans; Elizabeth M Brinkman, sister; Priscilla Drury, sister.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97., France.

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