The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Young

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Private Arthur YOUNG, G/12149, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th August 1916.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of Edward (deceased) & Ellen Young, 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent. - Ellen Young, head, widow, age 63, married 56? years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born near Chimlsford, Essex; Maud Young, daughter, age 24, single, charwoman, born Northfleet, Kent; Arthur Young, son, age 19, single, labourer, cement works, worker, born Northfleet, Kent.

Edwin George Greenstreet, boarder, age 63, widower, 10 children, 6 still alive, boiler maker, engineering works, worker, born Northfleet, Kent.

Enlisted 9th December 1915, Gravesend, Kent, age 24 years & 181 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 137lbs. Resided 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly labourer, Vickers.

Home, 9th December 1915 to 2nd July 1916; BEF, 3rd July 1916 to 13th August 1916.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 10th February 1916, mobilized; 11th February 1916, posted to 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th June 1916, Aldershot, absent off pass from midnight until 7.30am 5th June, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 3rd July 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 4th July 1916, embarked; 5th July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Edward Young, deceased; Mother, Ellen Young, 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent; Brothers - Benjamin Young, age 45, 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent; Jim Young, age 33, 7 Lawn Road, Northfleet, Kent; Sisters - Susan Luscombe, age 49, 14 Rainton Road, Chalton; Edith Walker, age 47, 16 Wakefield Street, Gravesend; Caroline Ledger, age 42, Brewery House, Stone Crossing; Ellen Jackson, age 39, 98 Shepherd Street, Northfleet; Elizabeth Roberts, age 37, 87, Shepherd Street, Northfleet, Kent; Maud Peckham, age 31, 74, Shepherd Street, Northfleet, Kent;

Buried at Ration Farm Cemetery, II. C. 1., La Chapelle-le-Darmentieres, Nord, France.

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