The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C H Cutler

Photograph by "Danielle"

Private Charles Henry CUTLER, L/10574, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 12th December 1916, age 20.

Born 5th June 1896, Woodside, Croydon, Surrey, son of William Henry and Charlotte Cutler, of Coney Hall Cottages, West Wickham, Kent.

16th August 1896, St James, Croydon, baptism of Charles Henry Cutler, son of William Henry and Charlotte Cutler.

1911 Census - Mays Cottages, Layhams Farm, Hayes, Kent - William H Cutler, head, age 43, married, cowman on farm, born Wimbourne, Dorset; Charlotte Cutler, wife, age 37, married 16 years, 3 children, 1 still alive, born Shirley, Surrey; Charles Cutler, son, age 14, born Croydon, Surrey.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 140lbs. Formerly cowman.

26th November 1914, enlisted; 28th November 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st March to 17th March 1915, Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, influenza; 1st May 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th January 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

17th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father William H Cutler, Coney Hall Cottages, West Wickham; Mother, Charlotte Cutler, Coney Hall Cottages, West Wickham; Uncles/Aunts - Mrs Travers?, 20 Chapel, Mitcham; Mr Davis, 6 Crown Place, Southend Lane, Lower Sydenham, Kent.

Buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, VI.A.26., Pas de Calais, France.

This page was last updated on 12-Oct-2018.