The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C W Bird

Photograph by "Marvin & Samme Templin"

Private Charles William BIRD, G/18336, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after, 20th November 1917, age 20.

Born Marylebone, Middlesex, son of Charles William & Hannah C. Bird, of 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn, London.

1911 Census - 7 Luton Street, Marylebone - Charles Bird, head, age 43, married, French polisher, born Holborn, London; Hannah Bird, wife, age 39, married 5 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Marylebone, London; Florence Bird, daughter, age 19, single, dressmaking, born Marylebone, London; Emily Bird, daughter, age 18, single, tailoring, born Marylebone, London; Ethel Bird, daughter, age 16, single, tailoring, born Marylebone, London; Charles Bird, son, age 14, school, born Marylebone, London.

Enlisted Cricklewood, London, age 18, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 122lbs. Resided 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn, NW. Formerly tobacconist assistant.

Home 17th February 1916 to 5th September 1916; BEF 6th September 1916 to 10th August 1917; Home 11th August 1917 to 5th November 1917; BEF 6th November 1917 to 2th November 1917.

17th February 1916, enlisted; 18th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 26th April 1916, mobilized; 27th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No. G/14674; 1st September 1916, posted 99 Training Reserve, Service No. TR/10/4025; 6th September 1916, posted BEF; 30th July 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, upper arm / shoulder; 10th August 1917, transferred to England; 11th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1917 admitted to Eastleigh Military Hospital; 21st August 1917 to 14th September 1917, Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, gun shot wound, upper arm / shoulder, small piece of shrapnel left in situ; 14th September 1917 to 24th September 1917, furlough; 24th September 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1917, posted BEF; 8th November 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th November 1917, posted missing.

16th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles William Bird, 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn; Mother, Hannah C Bird, 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn; Brother, George H Bird, age 8, 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn; Sisters -Florence A Bird, age 28, 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn; Alice E Bird, age 24, 6, Charteris Road, Kilburn.

Commemorated at Cambrai Memorial, Lourveral, Panel 8, Nord, France.

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