The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F H Legge

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private Frederick Henry LEGGE, 205854, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 29 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 11th October 1918.

Born Ramsgate, Kent, son of James Henry & Emma Louise Legge, 3 Newland Terrace, Margate Road, Ramsgate, Kent.

17th January 1900, St Luke's, Ramsgate, Kent, baptism of Frederick Henry Legge, son of James Henry & Emma Louise Legge.

1911 Census - 21 Alexandra Road, Ramsgate, Kent - James Henry Legge, head, age 36, married, house painter, worker, born Ramsgate, Kent; Emma Louise Legge, wife, age 34, married 14 years, 8 children, 6 still alive, laundry, worker, born St Lawrence, Kent; Ann Caspell, mother, age 68, widow, born Ramsgate, Kent; William Edward Legge, son, age 12, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Frederick Henry Legge, son, age 11, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Charles Albert Legge, son, age 10, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Lilian Louisa Legge, daughter, 5, school, born Ramsgate, Kent; Alice Elizabeth Legge, daughter, age 3, born Ramsgate, Kent; Violet Annie Legge, daughter, age 7 months, born Ramsgate, Kent; Matilda Florence Potten, niece, age 13, school, born Dover, Kent.

Enlisted Ramsgate, Kent, age 19, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 126lbs. Formerly butcher / miller.

Home 3rd October 1915 to 31st March 1918; BEF 1st April 1918 to 11th October 1918.

3rd October 1915, enlisted & posted 4th Battalion, The Buffs, Service No.3952/201308; 7th October 1915, Canterbury, signed Imperial Agreement to serve outside of UK; 13th October 1915, posted 3/4th Battalion, The Buffs; 1st September 1916, 4th Reserve Battalion, The Buffs, appointed Drummer; 3rd April 1917 to 5th April 1917, Brigade Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, scabies; 27th? February 1918, appointed paid Acting Lance Corporal; 1st April 1918, posted Depot, The Buffs, reverts to Private on posting overseas; 1st April 1918, embarked / disembarked; 2nd April 1918, posted 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment; 4th April 1918, Etaples, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th April 1918, joined 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 24th June 1918, joined 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, from Hospital; 9th October 1918, wounded in action; 9th October 1917, 73 Field Ambulance, gun shot wound, head, face, skull.

28th October 1918, date when Allotment of Pay of 6d a week payable to father, will cease.

Buried at Delsaux Farm Cemetery, I. C. 20., Beugny, France.

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