The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C L Carrett

Private Charles Leonard CARRETT, G/4558, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 18th April 1915.

Born St Peters, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1910 June Quarter, Tonbridge Registration District, married Martha Beatrice Pollington.

1911 Census - 42 North Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Charles Leonard Carrett, head, age 27, married, carman, laundry, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Martha Beatrice Carrett, wife, age 20, married under 1 year, 1 child, born Kennington, Kent; Beatrice Elizabeth Carrett, daughter, age 7 months, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Previously served in Royal Sussex Regiment / RGA.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 31 years & 106 days, height 5ft 7½ inches. Resided 1 Holly Bank, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly carman.

17th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th November 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd February 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd February 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 15th February 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 18th April 1915, posted missing.

13th December 1915, pension of 20/6 a week awarded to widow and three children. Remarried now Mrs M B Lines, 33 North Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 48 North Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 305 B Block, Guinness Buildings, Pages? Walk, Old Kent Road / 44 St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1917, September Quarter, Orsett Registration District, Martha Beatrice Carrett married William N Lines.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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