The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Patching

Private Arthur PATCHING, G/31141, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th June 1918.

25th October 1899, born Cowfold, Sussex, son of Walter & Margaret Ellen Patching.

3rd December 1899, Cowfold, Sussex, baptism of Arthur Patching, son of Walter & Margaret Ellen Patching.

1911 Census - Bowshots Farm, West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex - Walter Patching, head, age 38, married, carter on farm, worker, born Shipley, Sussex; Margaret Patching, wife, age 36, married 16 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Billinghurst, Sussex; Albert Patching, son, age 15, single, labourer, farm, worker, born West Grinstead, Sussex; Arthur Patching, son, age 11, school, born Cowfold, Sussex; Ivy Patching, daughter, age 5, school, born Cowfold, Sussex.

12th July 1915 to 20th February 1916, Railway Porter, Signal, London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex.

Commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Panel 8, Belgium.

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