The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G H Frazer

Private George Henry FRAZER, G/21475, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st September 1918, age 31.

Born Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, son of Isaac Henry & Frances Frazer, of 13, Albion St., Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

14th April 1889, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, baptism of George Henry Frazer, son of Isaac, (hotel porter), & Frances Frazer, of Kenilworth.

1911 Census - Henry Street, Kenilworth - Isaac Frazer, head, age 52, married, gardener, nursery, born Abberley, Worcestershire; Frances Frazer, wife, age 50, married 24 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Sowerby, Leicestershire; George Frazer, son, age 24, single, tannery labourer, born Aston, Birmingham; William Frazer, son, age 22, single, tannery labourer, born Kenilworth, Warwickshire; Ernest Frazer, son, age 18, single, general labourer, born Kenilworth, Warwickshire; Daisy Frazer, daughter, age 14, nurse, domestic, born Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

28th December 1915, Parish Church, Cubbington, Warwickshire, married Eliza Kelsey, spinster, of 4, Regent St., Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

Enlisted Birmingham, Warwickshire, age 28 years & 239 days, height 5ft 1 inch, weight 114lbs, dental treatment required. Resided 32 Lower?, Wilton Street, Lozells, Birmingham. Formerly rubber worker, Dunlop Rubber Company, Aston Cross, Birmingham.

Home 28th October 1915 to 10th August 1916; BEF 11th August 1916 to 21st September 1918.

28th October 1915, enlisted & posted 14th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment, Service No.24963; 11th November 1915, posted 15th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment; 11th August 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 9th September 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 12th September 1917 to 23rd September 1917, Leave to UK; 19th February 1918, transferred to 12 Entrenching Battalion; 1st April 1918, attached 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th August 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th August 1918, In the Field, absenting himself from his quarters without permission from 1030am to 3.00 pm same date, absent 4½ hours, deprived of two days pay; 21st September 1918, posted missing in action.

26th May 1919, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

16th March 1920, widow, Eliza Frazer, living at 79 Hutton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

31st January 1921, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Eliza Frazer, Regent St., Cubbington; Father, Henry Frazer, 13, Albion St., Kenilworth; Brothers - William Frazer, age 31, 13, Albion St., Kenilworth; Phillas? Frazer, age 29, 13, Albion St., Kenilworth; Sisters - Margaret Frazer, age 27; Daisy Frazer, age 22.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.

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