The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Breakspeare

Private Frank BREAKSPEAR, G/5424, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died at home, 7th May 1917, age 22.

Born West Hanney, Berkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Breakspear, of Bank Cottage, West Hanney, Berkshire.

1911 Census - West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire - Thomas Breakspear, head, age 54, married, horseman on farm, born West Hanney, Berkshire; Mary Ann Breakspear, wife, age 53, married 31 years, 13 children, 9 still alive, born Brize Norton, Oxfordshire; William Breakspear, son, age 22, single, farm labourer, born West Hanney, Berkshire; Frank Breakspear, son, age 15, single, horseman on farm, West Hanney, Berkshire; Allan George Breakspear, son, age 10, school, born West Hanney, Berkshire; Robert Cyril Breakspear, son, age 10, school, born West Hanney, Berkshire; Arthur Breakspear, son, age 10, school, born London; Lottie Launders, relative, age 9, born Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Enlisted Wantage, Berkshire, age 19 years 9 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 151lbs. Resided West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire. Formerly labourer.

Home 11th January 1915 to 29th August 1915, BEF, 30th August 1915 to 7th October 19116; Home 8th October 1916 to 7th May 1917.

11th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th April 1915, absent of 5.30am Parade, 5 days confined to Barracks; 26th September 1915, posted missing, Prisoner of War; 8th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1916 to 3rd March 1917, Queen Alexandra Hospital, with gun shot wounds, compound fracture left femur, empyema; 3rd March 1917 to 7th May 1917 Central Military Hospital, Church Street, Eastbourne, Sussex, died of exhaustion and TB of right lung.

29th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Breakspear, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Mary Ann Breakspear, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Brothers - Henry James Breakspear, age 36, East Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Prince ? Breakspear, age 31, Canada; Robert Breakspear, age 18, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Alan Breakspear, age 18, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Sisters - Ellen Breakspear, age 38, Wilton? Road, Reading; Kate Breakspear, age 28, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire; Elsie Breakspear, age 26, West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire.

Buried at :

West Hanney, (St James the Great) Churchyard, In east part, near south boundary, West Hanney, Berkshire.

West Hanney, St James the Great Churchyard, Vale of the White Horse District, Oxfordshire.

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