The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F J Youlton

Private Frederick John YOULTON, G/23120, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917, age 35.

20th June 1881, born Newton, Lancashire, son of George Edwin & Mary L Youlton, 42 Hoxton Road, Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon.

1911 Census - 42 Hoxton Road, Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon - George E Youlton, head, age 57, married, formerly coachmaker, born Fort Mohan, Devon; Mary M L Youlton, wife, age 56, married 35 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Fulham, London; Thirza M Youlton, daughter, age 25, single, private dressmaker, born worker, born Newton, Lancashire.

1911 Census - 9 Bower Street, Maidstone, Kent - Rose Halber, head, age 46, single, boarding house keeper, employer, born Marden, Kent; Frederick John Youlton, boarder, age 29, single, watchmaker, worker, born Newton, Lancashire; Herbert Taverner, boarder, age 24, single, grocers assistant, worker, born Ryse, Sussex; Henry John Ling, boarder, age 21, single, Booksellers Assistant, worker, born St Margarets, Bungay, Suffolk; William Thomas Foreman, boarder, age 26, single, law clerk, worker, born unknown.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 34 years & 180 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 140lbs, scars on left thigh, curious left tibia Rushellia. Resided 28 Bowdon Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly watch & clock repairer.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 31st December 1916; BEF, 1st January 1917 to 9th April 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, transferred to Army Reserve. 12th December 1915, rejected & attestation form noted not approved by Medical Officer as unfit, deformed tuberculous left leg;

8th August 1916, examined by Medical Officer; 10th August 1916, application as to Exemption for Military Service, made by employer G Cornell & Son, 12 - 14 Gabriels Hill, Maidstone, Kent. Allowance made to Parents of 4/6 a week. Application refused. 8th September 1916 letter from Walter H Day, Solicitor to The Secretary, Medical Board, Whitehall who understand that a Special Medical Board has been set up and there is no appeal from that; 9th September 1916, appeal to Exemption Board submitted. 19th September 1916, appeal dismissed. 6th October 1916, appeared before Special Medical Board and placed in Category "A"; 13th October 1916, Medical Officer signed off as "A1". 13th October 1916, mobilized; 15th October 1916, posted to 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd January 1917, popsted BEF & embarked ; 22nd January 1917, joined Battalion, "B" Company.

Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, III. J. 1., Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France.

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