The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Bullock

Private Fred BULLOCK, G/242125, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 3rd October 1917.

Born St Austell, Cornwall, son of John & Amanda Bullock.

1911 Census - Lower Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall - John Bullock, head, age 38, married, china clay labourer, born St Stephens, Cornwall; Amanda Bullock, wife, age 39, married 14 years, 3 children, all still alive, born St Stephens, Cornwall; Fred Bullock, son, age 12, school, born St Stephens, Cornwall; Olive Bullock, daughter, age 11, school, born St Stephens, Cornwall; Maud Bullock, daughter, age 6, born St Stephens, Cornwall.

Enlisted St Austell, Cornwall, age 18, height 5ft 4 inches, we4ight 113lbs. Resided Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall. Formerly labourer.

Home 19th June 1916 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 3rd October 1917. Qualified Lewis Gunner.

19th June 1916, enlisted; 20th June 1916 to Army Reserve; 1st February 1917, from Army Reserve; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

6th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Bullock, Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall; Mother, Amanda Bullock, Lower Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall; Sisters - Olive Bullock, age 19, Lower Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall; Maud Bullock, age 15, Lower Carpalla, Foxhole, St Austell, Cornwall.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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