The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Harding

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Private Frederick HARDING, *G/16729, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th May 1917.

Born Worplesden, Surrey, son of Frederick & Sarah / Mary K Harding.

1911 Census - The Village, Marnley Bramley, Guildford, Surrey - Kate Annis Wheeler, head, age 47, widow, baker, employer, born Ashington, Sussex; Evelyn Wheeler, daughter, age 19, single, assisting in the business, born Bramley, Surrey; Lilian Wheeler, daughter, age 18, single, student teacher, County Council, worker, born Bramley, Surrey; Marjorie Ethel Wheeler, daughter, age 14, school, born Bramley, Surrey; Blanche Violet Wheeler, daughter, age 12, school, born Bramley, Surrey; Rosie Louisa Truelove, servant, age 17, single, general servant domestic, worker, born Billinghurst, Sussex; Ernest James Hook, boarder, age 20, single, baker, worker, born Wonersh, Surrey; Frederick Harding, boarder, age 22, single, baker, worker, born Worplesden, Surrey.

Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, age 26 years & 3 months, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 159lbs. Resided Brook Farm Cottages, Hook Road, Surbiton, Surrey. Formerly bakers foreman.

Home 15th February 1916 to 17th October 1916; BEF 18th October 1916 to 9th May 1919.

15th February 1916, enlisted; 16th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 18th July 1916, mobilized, & posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 116, posted BEF; 19th October 1916. embarked / disembarked; 5th November 1916, joined Battalion, "A" Company In the Field; 17th February 1917, Field Ambulance, JCT neck; 23rd February 1917, 11 CRS, JCT neck; 5th March 1917, rejoined Battalion In the Field.

Buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, I. F. 10., Arleux-en-Gohelle, France.

All CWGC documents and Service records show Service No. as 16729, the headstone shows 10729.

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