The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C F Longman

Private Charles Frederick LONGMAN, G/2902, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or since, 26th September 1915, age 34.

Born Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, son of George & Mary Longman, of Burts Hill, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset.

1911 Census - Greenhill, near Wimborne, Dorset - George Longman, head, age 55, married, bricklayer, worker, born Wimbourn, Dorset; Mary Longman, wife, age 53, married 31 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Brockhurst, Hampshire; Charles Longman, son, age 29, single, bricklayers labourer, worker, born Wimbourn, Dorset; Walter Longman, son, age 18, single, grocers assistant, worker, born Wimbourn, Dorset; Harry Longman, son, age 14, butchers errand boy, worker, born Wimbourn, Dorset; Dasey Longman, age 12, school, born Wimbourn, Dorset.

Enlisted Wimborne, Dorset.

30th August 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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