The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C W Brown

Private Charles William BROWN G/69, "A" Company, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or after 7th October 1916, age 20.

1st March 1896, born Maidstone, Kent, son of Charles and Frances Maria Brown, of 24, Prospect Place, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - 24, Prospect Place, Maidstone, Kent - Charley Brown, head, age 40, married, mat maker, born Hadleigh, Suffolk; Frances Maria Brown, wife, age 40, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Faversham; Daisy Frances Brown, daughter, age 17, single, paper bag maker, born Maidstone, Kent; Charles William Brown, son, age 15, single, born Maidstone, Kent; Arthur Richard Brown, son, age 13, scholar, born Maidstone, Kent; Reginald Albert Brown son age 1, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years, 210 days, height 5ft 1½ inch, weight 110lbs, tendency to hernia. Formerly grocers assistant.

13th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd August 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th September 1914, forfeits 10 days pay for absence from 19th September 1914; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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