The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Waghorn


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Private Alexander John WAGHORN, G/18540, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th September 1918.

Born Kemsing, Kent, son of John Thomas & Minnie Waghorn, School Lane, Ickham, Canterbury, Kent.


1911 Census - Ickham Street, Ickham, Canterbury, Kent - John Thomas Waghorn, head, age 40, widower, labourer on farm, worker, born Ightham, Kent; Sidney Alfred Newman Waghorn, son, age 15, single, tobacco pouch, mill hand, Rubber Manufacturer, worker, born Ightham, Kent; Alexander John Waghorn, son, age 12, school, born Sundridge Kent; Cecil Waghorn, son, age 7, school, born Kemsing, Kent; Elsie Jane Waghorn, daughter, age 3, born Ickham, Kent; Ann Davis, boarder, age 73, born Ash, Kent; Fanny Davis, servant, age 37, single, servant, domestic, born Wingham, Kent; Reginald Davis, boarder, age 6, school, born Wingham, Kent.


Previously served with Volunteer Training Corps.

Enlisted  Canterbury, Kent, age 19 years & 112 days, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 150lbs.  Resided School Lane, Ickham, Canterbury, Kent. Previously mill hand.

Home 6th May 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 27th September 1918.

6th May 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1 Battalion, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.2526; 15th June 1915, transferred to 2/1 Battalion, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 19th September 1916, embarked; 21st September 1916, disembarked; 22nd September 1916, Etaples, 38 Infantry Base Depot; 11th October 1916, Infantry Base Depot, transferred to 4th (Territorial Force, Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916,  posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 13th November 1917, with Battalion, to Italy; 14th March 1918, 14 days leave to UK; 16th March 1918, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th June 1918, Boulogne, 55 General Hospital, Quinsy, slight; 19th June 1918, Ecault, 10 Convalescent Depot; 13th July 1918, Etaples, "J" Depot; 18th July 1918, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th July 1918, joined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

24th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, John Thomas Waghorn, School Lane, Ickham, Canterbury; Mother, none; Brothers - Sidney Alfred Newman Waghorn, age 24, Normanton Villa, Oxenden Road, Tongham, Surrey; Cecil Edward Waghorn, age 15, School Lane, Ickham, Canterbury; Sisters - Elsie Jane Waghorn, age 12, School Lane, Ickham, Canterbury.

14th November 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 3/- a week payable to father will cease.

Buried at Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, V. B. 11., Nord, France.


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