The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A R Blackwell

Private Alfred Read BLACKWELL, G/9285, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 15th September 1916, age 43.

Born, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, son of Mrs. Caroline Blackwell, of Greenford, Middlesex.

14th March 1897, St Mary, Hanwell, Ealing, marriage of Alfred Read Blackwell, age 23, bachelor, gardener, 3 Garmans Cottage, Hanwell, son of George Blackwell, blacksmith & Amelia Elliott, age 21, spinster, Boundary Cottage, Hanwell, daughter of John Elliott, baker.

11th January 1900 to 27th August 1902, Battersea Station, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, traffic staff, register of appointments - Alfred Read Blackwell, stableman, age 25 in 1889, wages £1 per week, resigned.

1911 Census - 66 Blondel Street, Battersea, SE - Alfred Read Blackwell, head, age 36, married, bakers barrowman, born Wendlebury, Oxfordshire; Amelia Blackwell, wife, age 34, married 14 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Deptford; Alice Blackwell, daughter, age 12, school, born Ealing; Amy Blackwell, daughter, age 10, school, born Battersea; Elsie Blackwell, daughter, age 8, school, born Battersea; Alfred Blackwell, son, age 2, born Battersea; Leonard Clarke, boarder, 26, single, railway guard, born Kentish Town; Frank Jones, boarder, age 24, single, railway guard, born Chichester, Sussex.

Enlisted Rotherhithe, London, SE, age 36. Resided 66 Blondel Street, Battersea, SE.

Next of Kin, Ellen Reynolds.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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