The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B Eyre

Private Bernard EYRE, (Francis Vernon Eyre), G/9932, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death assumed as on or after 7th October 1916.

Born St Phillips, Sheffield, Yorkshire, son of Florence Eyre, 133 Arundel Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 133 Arundel Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire - T R Houson, head, age 44, married, brewers labourer, brewery, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Mary Ellen Houson, wife, age 43, married 19 years, no children, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Francis Vernon Eyre, boarder, age 29, single, labourer iron works, armour plate manufacturer, born Sheffield, Yorkshire.

25th December 1915, Sheffield, Yorkshire, married Florence Platts, (remarried now Banks), 440 Greenland Road, Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Sheffield, Yorkshire, age 34 years & 2 months, height 5ft 2¼ inches, scar left knee. Resided 133 Arundel Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formerly hawker.

Home 14th September 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 7th October 1916.

14th September 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

24th June 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 9/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

25th June 1917, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

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

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