The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Burdekin

Private Frederick BURDEKIN, G/19483, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Pollcapelle, Belgium, death assumed on or after,12th October 1917, age 30.

Born Mellor, Derby, son of Charles and Emma Burdekin, of Holly Vale, Mellor, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Derbyshire.

1911 Census - Holly Vale, Mellor, Stockport - Charles Burdekin, head, age 57, married, labourer, bleach works, born Ludworth, Derby; Emma Burdekin, wife, age 47, married 23 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Mellor, Derby; Fred Burdekin, son, age 23, single, bleachers fireman, born Mellor, Derby; Ernest Burdekin, son, age 21, single, labourer, born Mellor, Derby; Alice Burdekin, daughter, age 15, single, cotton weaver, cotton mill, born Mellor, Derby.

Enlisted Buxton, Derby, age 28 years & 8 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 130lbs. Resided Holly Vale, Mellor, nr Stockport. Formerly coal loader.

Home 4th December 1915 to 25th June 1917; BEF 26th June 1917 to 12th October 1917.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 5th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 7th March 1917, mobilized; 29th March 1917, Pendleton Depot, joined Sherwood Foresters, Service No. 82666; 29th March 1917, posted 4 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 22nd June 1917, Hagton? Castle, absent from Parade 6.30am, 2 days confined to Barracks; 26th June 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 27th June 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 27th June 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 10th August 1917 14 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th October 1917, posted missing.

4th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father Charles Burdekin, age 66, Holly Vale, Mellor; Mother, Emma Burdekin, age 56, Holly Vale, Mellor; Brothers - Ernest Burdekin, age 31, Holly Vale, Mellor; Harold Burdekin, age 20, Holly Vale, Mellor; Sister - Alice Burdekin, age 24, Holly Vale, Mellor.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

This page was last updated on 16-Jun-2017.