The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F C Message

By Nancy Wright

Photograph by "Paul"

Private Frederick Christian MESSAGE, G/12309, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 29th September 1916.

Born Yalding, Kent, son of Frederick & Louisa Message, Brook Farm Cottages, East Peckham, Kent / Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Brook Farm Cottages, East Peckham, Kent - Frederick Message, head, age 39, married, waggoner on farm, farming, worker, born Yalding, Kent; Louisa Message, wife, age 39, married 15 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Yalding, Kent; Frederick Christian Message, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Yalding, Kent; Harry Thomas, son, age 12, school, born Headcorn, Kent; Percy William Message, son, age 8, born Maidstone., Kent; Arthur Reuben Message, son, age 7, born East Peckham, Kent; Florence Annie Message, daughter, age 3, born East Peckham, Kent; Louie Mary Message, daughter, age 3, born East Peckham, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 297 days, height 5ft 9¼ inches, weight 130lbs. Resided Roseacre Street, Bearstead, Kent. Formerly horseman.

11th January 1916, enlisted; 4th July 1916, embarked; 13th July 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

10th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Frederick Message, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil; Mother, Louisa Message, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil; Brothers - ??????? Message, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil; ??????? Message, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil; Sisters - Florence Message, age 11, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil; Louie Message, age 11, Ivy Mill Cottages, Tovil.

Buried at Mill Road Cemetery, I. A. 19., Thiepval, France.

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