The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G F Butcher

Photograph by "Jared"

Private Gordon Frederick BUTCHER, 202478, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1940, Buffs), killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 22.

1896 September Quarter, Brook, Kent, born, son of Thomas F and Catherine Butcher, of Sankey House, Brook, Ashford, Kent.

1911 Census - Sankey House, Brook, Ashford, Kent - Thomas Frederick Butcher, head, age 47, married, carrier, general, own account, born Southborough, Kent; Catherine Butcher, wife, age 48, married 17 years, 5 children, all still alive, Brabourne, Kent; Gordon Frederick Butcher, son, age 14, born Brook, Kent; Beryl Mary Butcher, daughter, age 10, school, born Brook, Kent; Majorie Kate Butcher, daughter, age 8, born Brook, Kent; Dora Ruth Butcher, daughter, age 6, born Brook, Kent; Jane Barth, niece, age 39, single, born Brook, Kent.

Enlisted Ashford, Kent. Resided Brook, Kent.

9th August 1915, posted Balkans.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G29, Israel & commemorated on Brook War Memorial

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