The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G F Burchett

Private George Frederick BURCHETT, G/5031, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, France and Flanders, 10th June 1915, age 36.

Born St Pauls Cray, Kent, son of Charlotte Blakeman & William Blakeman (step father), 51 Wellington Road, St Mary's Cray, Kent.

13th July 1903, St Paul's Cray, Kent, married Georgina Mitchell, 21, Hearns Rd., St. Paul's Cray, Kent.

Children - Nellie Burchett, born 24th January 1903, St Paul's Cray; Lilian Burchett, born 15th April 1909, St Paul's Cray.

1911 Census - 21, Hearns Rd., St. Paul's Cray, Kent - George F Burchett, head, age 33, married, mill hand, born St Pauls Cray, Kent; Georgina Burchett, wife, age 27, married 8 years, 2 children, both still alive, born St Pauls Cray, Kent; Nellie Burchett, daughter, age 8, born St Pauls Cray, Kent; Lillian Burchett, daughter, age 1, born St Pauls Cray, Kent.

Previously served 8 years in Royal West Kent Regiment, Volunteer Battalion.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 36 years & 7 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 134lbs, tattoo right forearm anchor & BB, left foreman, N dot & cross. Resided 21 Hearns Road, St Paul's Cray, Kent. Formerly mill hand.

12th December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th March 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th June 1915, wounded, gun shot wound, fractured humerus.

20th December 1915, pension of 18/6d a week awarded to widow and two children.

28th July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Georgina Gill (Remarried), 21 Hearns Road, St Paul's Cray, Kent: Children - Nellie Burchett, born 24th January 1903, St Paul's Cray, 21 Hearns Road, St Paul's Cray, Kent; Lilian Burchett, born 15th April 1909, St Paul's Cray, 21 Hearns Road, St Paul's Cray, Kent; Step Father, William Blakeman, 51 Wellington Road, St Mary's Cray, Kent; Mother, Charlotte Blakeman, 51 Wellington Road, St Mary's Cray, Kent.

Buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, E.11., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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