The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte E Abnett

Private Edwin ABNETT, S/9170, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd March 1915.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of William & Mercy Abnett. Brother Frederick Abnett. Resided 59 Hartnup Road, Maidstone, Kent.

13th July 1907, Maidstone, Kent married Daisy Gwendoline Ryland, spinster.

Children - Daisy Evelyn R Ryland, born 19th March 1905, Herne Hill, Brixton; William Edwin Abnett, born 2nd August 1907, Sandling Road, Maidstone, Kent; Annie Mercy Rose Abnett, born 10th November 1909, Hackney? Road, Maidstone, Kent; Robert Henry Abnett, born 31st December 1911, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent; Violet Gwendoline Abnett, born 28th June 1914, Hartnup Road, Maidstone, Kent

1911 Census - 309 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent - Edwin Abnett, head, married, age 26, labourer quarry, born Maidstone, Kent; Daisy Abnett, wife, married 3 years, 2 children born both still alive, labourer farm, age 29, born Newcastle on Tyne; William Abnett, son, age 3, born Maidstone, Kent; Rosy Abnett, daughter, age 2, born Maidstone, Kent; Daisy Ryland, boarder, age 6, born London.

8th August 1914, enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 29, formerly quarryman.

Previously served 3rd Battalion, The Buffs.

Home, 8th August 1914 to 12th January 1915; BEF, 13th January 1915 to 22nd March 1915.

7th October 1919, War Gratuity of £3 paid to Widow, Daisy Abnett.

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

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