The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F P Paine

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Frank Percy PAINE, G/19217, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, France, 22nd June 1917, age 24.

12th April 1893, born Summertown, Oxfordshire, son of Charles Harman & Florence Ada Paine, of 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford.

21st May 1893, Summertown, Oxfordshire, baptism of Frank Percy Paine, son of Charles Harman, (cabinet maker), & Florence Ada Messer Paine.

1911 Census - 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford - Chartles Harman Paine, head, age 49, married, cabinet maker, worker, born Witney, Oxfordshire; Florence Paine, wife, age 44, married 21 years, 8 children, all still alive, none, born Oxford; Charles Paine, son, age 20, single, joiner, building, worker, born Oxford; Frank Paine, son, age 17, single, grocer, grocer, worker, born Oxford; Frederick Paine, son, age 13, school, born Oxford; Harry Paine, son, age 11, school, born Oxford; Dorothy Paine, daughter, age 9, school, born Oxford; Harold Paine, son, age 8, school, born Oxford.

Enlisted Oxford, Oxfordshire, age 22 years & 8 months, height 5ft 8 inches. Resided 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford. Formerly shop assistant.

7th December 1915 to 2nd January 1917; BEF 3rd January 1917 to 22nd June 1917.

7th December 1915, enlisted; 15th January 1916, mobilized; 15th January 1916, posted 3/1, Kent Cyclist Battalion, Service No.2348; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1, Kent Cyclist Battalion; 4th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd January 1917, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, embarked / disembarked; 25th January 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 29th May 1917, wounded in action; 29th May 1917, 138 Field Ambulance, gun shot wounds back & left arm; 9th June 1917, 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; 31st May 1917, Boulogne, 13 General Hospital.

26th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, C H Paine, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; Mother, F A Paine, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; Brothers - C H Paine, age 29, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; F W Paine, age 21, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; H S Paine, age 19, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; H Paine, age 16, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford; Sisters - H M Paine, age 28, The Warnford, Oxford; L Young (married), age 24, 1a William Street, Workington, Cumberland; D Paine, age 18, 42, South Parade, Summertown, Oxford.

Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, IV. A. 11., France.

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