The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Tucker

Private George TUCKER, G/4862, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd July 1915.

Born Swanley, Kent, son of William John & Eliza Tucker.

1911 Census - 9 Vinson's Cottages, Five Wents, Swanley Junction, Kent - John Tucker, head, age 52, married, market gardener, worker, born Farningham, Kent; Eliza Tucker, wife, age 53, married 31 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Swanley, Kent; George Tucker, son, age 18, single, market gardener, worker, born Swanley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 22 years & 1 month, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 140lbs. Formerly nurseryman.

7th December 1914, enlisted; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Voormezeele Enclosures No.1. & No.2., I. B. 4., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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