The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E Gardner

Private Edwin GARDNER, G/18631, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd June 1917.

1st October 1904, married Louisa Agnes Patton, spinster, Parish Church, Preston, Brighton, Sussex.

1911 Census - 43 Hythe Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex - Edwin Gardner, head, age 31, married, watchmaker unemployed, born Brighton, Sussex; Louisa Agnes Gardner, wife, age 31, married 8 years, no children, born Brighton, Sussex.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 36 years & 4 months, height 5ft 3½? inches. Resided 43 Hythe Road, Preston, Brighton, Sussex. Formerly watch maker.

Home 9th December 1915 to 3rd October 1916; BEF 4th October 1916 to 3rd June 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 14th June 1916, mobilized; 14th June 1916, posted 16th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.1821; 1st September 1916, transferred to 22nd Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/4441; 4th October 1916, embarked; 14th October 1916, posted 26th Fusiliers, Service No.G/42021; 14th October 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th October 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 8th February 1917, proceeded to England for commission. 3422 Pte Winter, 88th Infantry Brigade substituted; 10th March 1917, Rouen, 10 General Hospital, myalgia; 24th March 1917, Rouen, 2 Convalescent Camp, myalgia; 26th March 1917, Etaples, discharged to Base Depot; 9th April 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 21st April 1917,proceeded to join Battalion In the Field;

1st June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Agnes Gardner, 43 Hythe Road, Brighton, Sussex; Father, deceased; Mother, deceased; Brothers (6) ages unknown - William Gardner, 51 West Hill Street, Brighton, Sussex; Alfred Gardner, Edliston? Avenue, Brighton, Sussex; Arthur Gardner, Barcombe, Sussex; Charles Gardner, Heathfield Sussex; George Gardner, Cooksbridge, Sussex; Septimus Gardner, Grove Hill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent ; Sister - Mrs Power, age 39, 67 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, Sussex.

25th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 9/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

26th November 1917, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

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