The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A P Portfleet

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Private Archibald Pennington PORTFLEET, G/31331, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly TR/10/180209, Royal Sussex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 24th August 1918, age 18.

Born Sudbury, Suffolk, son of Johannes Cornelius and Clara Portfleet, of 11, Gregory St., Sudbury, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 9, Gregory St., Sudbury, Suffolk - Johannes C Portfleet, head, age 48, married, cocoa mat maker, matting industry, worker, born Kings Lynn, Norfolk; Clara Portfleet, wife, age 47, married 20 years, 15 children, 9 still alive, born Whissonsett, Norfolk; Alfred H Portfleet, son, age 18, single, cocoa mat maker, cocoa mat manufacturer, worker, born Sudbury, Suffolk; Thomas William Portfleet, son, age 16, cocoa matting weaver, cocoa mat manufacturer, worker, born Sudbury, Suffolk; Percy G Portfleet, son, age 15, errand boy, butchers,  born Sudbury, Suffolk; Archie Portfleet, son, age 11, born Sudbury, Suffolk; Joy A Portfleet, daughter, age 9, born Sudbury, Suffolk; Lance Portfleet, son, age 3, born Sudbury, Suffolk; Leneard Portfleet, grandson, age 3, born Sudbury, Suffolk.

Enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk.

Buried at Meaulte Military Cemetery, F. 16., France. Commemorated on Sudbury War Memorial.

NOTE: One of 18 members of the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment who were killed on 24 August 1918. All are now buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery.