The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C Ellis

Private Charles ELLIS, G/753, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death assumed on or after 8th October 1915.

Born Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Mrs Elizabeth Ellis, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Mrs Ellis, head, age 44, widow, married 25 years, 9 children, all still alive, charwoman, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Lydia Ellis, daughter, age 20, single, servant, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Charles Ellis, son, age 18, single, milk boy, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Gladys Ellis, daughter, age 16, single, at home, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Henry Ellis, son, age 14, milk boy, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Edith Ellis, daughter, age 11, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Albert Ellis, son, age 10, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; James Ellis, son, age 8, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Alice Ellis, daughter, age 5, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 21 years & 358 days, height 5ft 7 inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark hair. Formerly shop assistant.

Home 1st September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 8th October 1915.

1st September 1914, enlisted; 4th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, embarked; 8th October 1915, posted missing.

3rd July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, dead; Mother, Elizabeth Ellis, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells; Brothers - Henry James Ellis, age 21, Germany; Albert Edward Ellis, age 18, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells; James Austin Ellis, age 17, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells; Sisters - Ada Mary Oliver, age 32, 5 Park Street, Tunbridge Wells; Lydia Elizabeth Ellis, age 28, Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells; Gladys Ruth Ellis, age 24, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells; Edith May Ellis, age 24, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells; Alice Maude? Ellis, age 12, 91 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97., Pas de Calais, France.

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