The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A R Bush

Private Archibald Rowland BUSH, G/4473, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 11th July 1915, age 27.

Born Watford, Hertfordshire, son of William Michael & Hannah Bush, of Tyn-Y-Coed, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire.

27th April 1888, St Marys, Watford, Hertfordshire, baptism of Archibald Roland Bush, son of William Michael & Hannah Bush.

1911 Census - The Hill, Beckenham Lane, Bromley, Kent - Olga Maria Henrirette Tapp, head, age 52, widow, 2 children, both still alive, born Germany; William H Tapp, son, age 27, single, retired Cavalry Officer, Insurance Broker & Surveyor, FRASC, FRGS, Colonial Officer, born Shortlands, Kent; Vera Perry, age 30, single, born Banaghes, Ireland; Anne Eves, age 63, servant, age 63, widow, 2 children, both still alive, born West Moseley, Surrey; Ada Marian Moody, servant, age 47, born Greenwich, Kent; Beatrice Mary Gee, servant, age 30, single, born Doddington, Cambridgeshire; Hannah Stace, servant, age 17, born Bromley, Kent; Archibald Rowland Bush, servant, age 23, single, born Watford, Hertfordshire.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 25 years & 9 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 116lbs, scar in hair back of neck, mole on back of neck. Resided at The Hill, Beckenham Lane, Bromley, Kent. Formerly footman.

Home 13th November 1914 to 21st April 1915' BEF, 22nd April 1915 to 11th July 1915.

13th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th November 1914, transferred to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment; 30th November 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

5th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Michael M Bush, Tyn-Y-Coed, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire; Mother, dead; Brother, William Henry Bush, age 36, Bushey Hall Road, Watford, Hertfordshire; Sister, Harriet Bush, age 39, Tyn-Y-Coed, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire; Uncles & Aunts by blood, William Jones, Bangor, Wales; Mary J Roberts, Bodedern, Anglesey; Elizabeth Roberts, Bodedern, Anglesey.

Buried at Voormezeele Enclosures No1 & No 2, I.C.6., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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