The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C T Harvey

Private Christopher Thomas HARVEY, L/10879, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th October 1918.

21st April 1896, born Hackney, Middlesex, son of Thomas & Amelia Mary Ann Harvey, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.

2nd April 1899, St Thomas, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, baptism of Christopher Thomas Harvey son of Thomas, (boot maker), & Amelia Mary Ann Harvey of 23 St Thomas Place, St Thomas Square, Hackney.

1911 Census - 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9. - Thomas Harvey, head, age 41, married, boot fitter, worker, born Bethnal Green; Amelia Harvey, wife, age 39, married 14 years, 8 children, all still alive, born St Georges E, London; Amelia Harvey, daughter, age 13, school girl, born Hackney, London; Christopher T Harvey, son, age 12, school boy, born Hackney, London; George C Harvey, son, age 10, school boy, born Hackney, London; Violet A Harvey, daughter, age 8, school girl, born Bethnal Green, London; Esther L Harvey, daughter, age 6, school girl, born Bethnal Green, London; Annie E Harvey, daughter, age 4, under school age, born Bethnal Green, London; Harry J Harvey, son, age 3, under school age, born Bethnal Green, London; Maud S Harvey, daughter, age 6 months, under school age, born Edmonton, Middlesex.

Enlisted Sheerness, Kent, age 19 years & 2 months, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 108lbs, fair complexion, brown eyes, fair hair, scars (two) on left side of neck. Resided Lower Edmonton, London. Formerly labourer.

Home, 8th June 1915 to 8th December 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force, 9th December 1915 to 28th October 1918.

8th June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th June 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th December 1915, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915, embarked Keyham Dockyard, H.T.Kinfauns Castle; 8th January 1916, Ashar, disembarked; 2nd February 1916 to 20th April 1916, Amerah Hospital, scabies; 8th November 1916 to14th November 1916, hospital, mild enteritis; 6th January 1917, joined Battalion; 2nd February 1917 to 11th February 1917, hospital, Malaria; 15th March 1917 to 9th April 1917, hospital mild fever / malaria; 6th June 1917, proceeded to India on H.T. Ellenge, for one months furlough; 3rd August 1917, Bombay, embarked H.T.Edavana; 9th August 1917, Busra, disembarked to Hospital from H.T.Edavana , sand fever; 21st August 1917, discharged from hospital; 15th October 1917, rejoined Battalion; 15th December 1917 to 29th December 1917, Akab, hospital, malaria; 26th January 1918, rejoined Battalion; 29th October 1918, reported killed in action.

14th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Harvey, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.; Mother, Amelia ???? Harvey, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.; Brothers - George Charles Harvey, age 18, Gnr?B in ???? ???? Barracks Portsmouth; Harry John Harvey, age 11, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.; Sisters - Violet Alice Harvey, age 16, 96 Lockerly? Street, London, E14; Esther Louise Harvey, age 14, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.; Annie Elizabeth Harvey, age 12, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.; Maud Sarah Harvey, age 8, 91 Eastbourne Avenue, Town Road, Lower Edmonton, London N9.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29., Iraq.

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