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Private David STRUDWICK, G/17654, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 17th July 1917.

1st May 1881, born Dorking, Surrey, son of Charles & Rosetta Strudwick.

26th June 1881, Dorking Surrey, baptism of David Strudwick, son of Charles, (labourer) & Rosetta Strudwick, Falkland Road.

10th September 1904, Register Office, Dorking Surrey, married Annie Jackson, spinster, born 23rd May 1882, 63 (77) Orchard Road, Dorking Surrey.

Children - David Gerald Jackson Strudwick, born 16th March 1903, Dorking; Daisy Annie Strudwick, born 29th November 1905, Dorking; George Aubrey Strudwick, born 27th February 1908, Dorking; Gordon Charles Strudwick, born 17th April 1909, Dorking;

1911 Census - 38 Orchard Road, Dorking, Surrey - David Strudwick, head, age 29, married, bricklayers labourer, worker, born Dorking, Surrey; Annie Strudwick, wife, age 29, married 9 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Rugby, Warwickshire; David Strudwick, son, age 8, school, born Dorking, Surrey; (next line left empty intended for Daisy Annie Strudwick?); George Aubrey Strudwick, son, age 3, born Dorking, Surrey; Gordon Charles Strudwick, son, age 2, born Dorking, Surrey.

Children - Norman Talbot Strudwick, born 12th July 1915, Dorking; *George Andrew Strudwick, born 18th? April 1915, Dorking, (this entry has been crossed out on Service Records).  *1916 June, Dorking, died age 1.

Enlisted Dorking, Surrey, age 35 years, height 5ft 9¾ inches, weight 11 stone. Resided 63 (77) Orchard Road, Dorking Surre / 33 Cedar Road, Waltham Green, SW / 61 Newport Buildings, Little Newport Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, N. / 24 Markham Road, Chelsea, SW / 31 Carther Road, Brackenbury Road, Hammersmith, Formerly labourer.

Home 10th December 1915 to 6th October 1916; BEF 7th October 1916 to 17th July 1917.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 3rd June 1916, mobilized; 4th June 1916, posted; 5th June 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Queens, (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Service No.G/13824; 1st September 1916, transferred to 97th Training Reserve Battalion; 7th October 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & posted BEF; 24th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th July 1917, posted missing.

18th March 1918, pension of 31/3 a week awarded to widow & five children.

1919 September, Hammersmith Registration District Annie Strudwick married George E Simmons.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France/ Dorking War Memorial.