The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Holden

Private Albert Jacobs HOLDEN, G/5198, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th September 1916, age 35.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Edward Richard James Thomas and Ruth Bayley Holden, of Gravesend, Kent.

15th September 1906, Christ Church, Gravesend, Kent, married Clara Goldston), of 122 Wellington Street, Gravesend, Kent.

Children - Stanley George Holden, born, 28th October 1909, Gravesend, Kent; Vera Gertrude Holden, born 19th December 1913, Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - 144 Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent - Albert J Holden, head, age 29, married, copperside man, brewery, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Clara Holden, wife, age 28, married 5 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, born Northfleet, Kent; Stanley G Holden, son, age 1, born Gravesend, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 33 years & 224 days, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 130lbs. Resided 10 St Peter Street, Gravesend, Kent / 21 Wellington Street, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly engineers mate.

Home, 2nd January 1915 to 25th September 1915; BEF, 26th September 1915 to 30th September 1916.

2nd January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th January 1915, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th September 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 7th August 1916, wounded at duty.

7th May 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow and two children.

21st May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Clara Holden, 122 Wellington Street, Gravesend; Children - Stanley George Holden, 28th October 1909, 122 Wellington Street, Gravesend; Vera Gertrude Holden, born 19th December 1913, 122 Wellington Street, Gravesend; Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers - Edward Holden, age 52, 1Wellington Cottages, Chalk, near Gravesend; Thomas Holden, age 49, 66 Lisle Road, Colchester, Essex; William Holden, age 47, 2 Wellington Cottages, Chalk, near Gravesend; Jack Holden, age 44, 2 Rectory Cottages, Cliff at Hoo; James Holden, age 41, 23 Park Avenue, Dover Road, Northfleet; Sisters - Margaret Ruth White, age 48, 32 Bentley Street, Gravesend.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France & at Christ Church, Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent

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