The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A W O'Grady

Photograph by "Len"

Private Albert William O'GRADY, G/4933, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 16th December 1916, age 25.

Born Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, son of Robert and Jane O'Grady, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent.

1911 Census - Hermitage Road, Upper Higham, Kent - Robert Grady, head, age 46, married, farm labourer, born Mallow, Ireland; Jane Grady, wife, age 41, married 21 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Canterbury, Kent; Albert Grady, son, age 20, single, farm labourer, born Canterbury, Kent; James Grady, son, age 14, born Canterbury, Kent; Frederick Grady, son, age 10, born Canterbury, Kent; Arthur Grady, son, age 8, born Faversham, Kent; Herbert Grady, son, age 6, born Higham, Kent; Amy Grady, age 3, born Higham, Kent; Kathleen Grady, age 1, born Higham, Kent.

1912 December, Register Office Chatham, married Ada Maude Morton, spinster.

Children - Lilian Dorothy Florence O'Grady, born 10th August 1913, Rochester, Kent; Albert James O'Grady, born 17th May 1915, Rochester, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 23 years & 9 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 144lbs. Resided White House Cottages White, House Farm, Lower Higham, Rochester, Kent / Mrs A M O'Grady, c/o Mrs King, 42 St Peters Street, Delce Road, Rochester, Kent / Mrs A M O'Grady, c/o Mrs Fever, 45 Wickham Street, Delce Road, Rochester, Kent. Formerly waggoner.

Home 10th December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 29th April 1915; Home 30th April 1915 to 10th October 1915; BEF 11th October 1915 to 16th December 1916.

10th December 1914, enlisted; 15th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th April 1915, St Julians, wounded; 30th April 1915 to 14th May 1915, Netley Hospital, On April 27th at St Julians he was wounded in the back. Three wounds in back and beneath it can be felt a foreign body.X Ray shows that there is only this one foreign body; 15th May 1915 to 1st June 1915, Shorne Hill Section Hospital; 17th May 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th February 1916, 5 days Field Punishment No.2.; 28th February 1916, wounded; 29th February 1916, Boulogne, 13 Stationary Hospital, neurasthenia (set); 2nd March 1916, 1 Convalescent Depot; 11th March 1916, 24 Infantry Base Depot.

24th June 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 17/6 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to widow will cease.

25th June 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow and two children.

7th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Ada Maude O'Grady, 106, Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Children - Lilian Dorothy Florence O'Grady, born 10th August 1913, 106, Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Albert James O'Grady, born 17th May 1915, 106, Delce Road, Rochester, Kent; Father Robert O'Grady, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Mother, Jane O'Grady, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Brothers - James O'Grady, age 24, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Frederick O'Grady, age 21, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Arthur O'Grady, age 19, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Herbert O'Grady, age 16, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; ????? O'Grady, age ??, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Sisters - Amy O'Grady, age 14, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Kathleen O'Grady, age 12, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent; Lilian R O'Grady, age 10, Oast House Cottages, Hermitage Road, Higham, Kent.

1921 June, Medway Registration District, Ada Maude O'Grady, married James J Hall.

Buried at Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, I. E. 59., France.

This page was last updated on 14-Feb-2021.