The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A W Yelland

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Private Arthur William YELLAND, 242267 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, of pleurisy with effusion, embolism, (as a result of privations endured whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany), Hendra Road, St Dennis, Cornwall, 30th December 1918, age 20.

Born St Dennis, Cornwall, son of Hart & Mary Oliver Yelland, St. Dennis, Cornwall.

1911 Census - Hendra Lane, St. Dennis, Cornwall - Hart Yelland, head, age 39, married, carpenter, building, worker, at home, born St. Dennis, Cornwall; Mary Yelland, wife, age 40, married 19 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born St. Dennis, Cornwall; Richard H Yelland, son, age 18, single, assistant butcher, worker, born St. Dennis, Cornwall; Arthur W Yelland, son, age 12, school, born St. Dennis, Cornwall; Roy D Yelland, son, age 7, born St. Dennis, Cornwall.

Enlisted age 18, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 135lbs, flat feet slight. Resided St Dennis, Cornwall. Formerly labourer.

Home 26th May 1916 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 30th November 1918; Home 1st December 1918 to 30th December 1918.

26th May 1916, enlisted; 27th May 1916, to Army Reserve; 7th August 1916, mobilized; 8th August 1916, to Army Reserve; 1st February 1917 mobilized & posted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.5818; 15th April 1917, absent from Midnight 15th April 1917 to 11.00 16th April 1917, 7 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 7 days pay; 12th September 1917, embarked / disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 28th March 1918, posted missing; 1st December 1918, repatriated at Dover, England; 1st December 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

30th December 1918, died, Hendra Road, St Dennis, Cornwall. Informant brother, R H Yelland, present at death.

3rd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Hart Yelland; Mother, Mary Yelland; Brothers - Richard Yelland, age 27; Roy Yelland, age 15; Sisters, none; Grandparents, Elizabeth Yelland; Nephews / Nieces, none; Uncles / Aunts, Henry Yelland; Richard Yelland; Annie ????; Mary ????

Buried at St Denys, Churchyard, St Dennis, Cornwall.

NOTE: this soldier does not appear in the Regimental History Roll of Honour or in Soldiers Died in the Great War; but he is included on the CWGC web site.

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