The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Carvey

Private Edwin CARVEY, G/4666, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or since, 22nd July 1916, 21.

Born Bedfont, Middlesex, son of William and Isabella Carvey, of "Talavera", Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex.

1911 Census - "Talavera", Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex - Isabella Carvey, head, age 53, widow, 7 children, 5 still alive, born Northumberland; Florence Carvey, daughter, age 21, single, born Bedfont; George Carvey, son, age 19, single, horseman on farm, market gardeners, born Bedfont; Edwin Carvey, son, age 14, assistant on poultry farm, born Bedfont.

Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, age 19 years & 153 days, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 132lbs. Resided "Talavera", Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex. Formerly general labourer.

Home 29th November 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

29th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1914, posted 3rd December 1914; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, landed 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 16th February 1916, deprived of 10 days pay; 22nd July 1916, posted missing.

25th March 1917, date to which Separation Allowance of 4/3 a week & Allotment of Pay of 1/9 a week paid to mother, Isabella Carvey will cease.

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

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