The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F G Palfrey

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"REST IN PEACE"

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Private Frederick George PALFREY, G/17642, "B" Company, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917, age 24.

17th June 1890, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, son of George & Elizabeth Palfrey, of 7, South Gate Street, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - George Palfrey, head, age 45, married, brewers labourer, Brewery, worker, born Fordham, Suffolk; Elizabeth Palfrey, wife, age 43, married 21 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Frederick Palfrey, son, age 20, single, errand boy, coopers labourer, Brewery, worker, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; James Palfrey, son, age 15, single, errand boy, butcher, worker, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Kate Palfrey, daughter, age 14, domestic work, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Benjamin Palfrey, son, age 12, school / errand boy, baker, worker, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Louisa Palfrey, daughter, age 11, school, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Bertha Palfrey, daughter, age 9, school, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Bessie Palfrey, daughter, age 7, school, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; John Palfrey, son, age 5, school, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Edith Palfrey, daughter, age 11 months, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk;

Sarah Smith, mother in law, age 62, widow, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Melton, Suffolk; Emma Smith, daughter, age 27, single, domestic servant, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; George Smith, brother in law, age 26, single, Brewers Engineer, Brewery, worker, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

31st July 1915, Registry Office, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, married Lillian May Cornish, spinster, of Vine Field Farm, East Gate Street, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk.

Children - Frederick Herbert Walter Palfrey, born 24th September 1915, Tendering; William Horace George Palfrey, born 27th May 1917, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk.

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 25 years & 5 months, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 117lbs. Resided 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk / Brick Farm, Stanningfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Formerly coopers labourer.

Home 13th November 1915 to 6th October 1916; BEF 7th October 1916 to 9th April 1917.

13th November 1915, enlisted; 14th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th April 1916, mobilized; 11th April 1916, posted Royal West Surrey Regiment, Service No.G/10598; 1st September 1916, transferred to 97th Training Reserve; 7th October 1916, posted BEF & transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & embarked; 24th October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Lillian May Palfrey, Brick Farm, Stanningfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Children - Frederick Herbert Walter Palfrey, 24th September 1916, Brick Farm, Stanningfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; William Horace George Palfrey, 27th May 1917, Brick Farm, Stanningfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Father, George Palfrey, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Elizabeth Palfrey, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Brothers - James William Palfrey, age 25, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Benjamin Charles Palfrey, age 22, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; John James Palfrey, age 14, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Sisters - Cathherine Sarah Palfrey, age 24, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Louisa Ladysmith Palfrey, age 20, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Bertha May Palfrey, age 18, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Bessie Violet Palfrey, age 16, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Edith Lilian Palfrey, age 10, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Half Blood Sister - Emma Elizabeth Smith, age 37, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Grandparents - Sarah Smith, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Nephews / Nieces - Frank Palfrey, age 2, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; James William Palfrey, age 3 months, 33 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Uncles / Aunts - George Sidney Smith, age 35, 34 Westgate Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Joe Palfrey, age 45, 6 High House Cottages, Purfleet, Essex; Fanny Parke, Fownham? All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Betsy Palfrey, Fownham? All Saints, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

4th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 14/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

5th November 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, II. I. 6., Wancourt, France.

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