The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H A Burnard

Photograph by "soilsister".

Private Horace Arthur BURNARD, G/19133, (25482), 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 30th November 1917, age 26.

Born Highgate, London, son of William J. & Hannah Burnard, of 2, Laurel Villas, Marden, Kent.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent, age 23 years & 274 days, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 10st 4lbs. Resided 73 Fitzroy Avenue, Margate, Kent. Formerly waiter.

Home 17th December 1914 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 7th August 1917; Home 8th August 1917 to 6th November 1917; BEF 7th November 1917 to 30th November 1917.

17th December 1914, enlisted Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Battalion, Service No.1551; 17th December 1914, embodied 2/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion; 15th September 1915, posted 9th Provisional Company, Kent Cyclist Battalion; 23rd March 1916, posted 3/1, Kent Cyclist Battalion; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1, Kent Cyclist Battalion; 3rd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 4th January 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1917, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, left thigh; 8th August 1917, to England ex Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; 8th August 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th August 1917 to 9th August 1917, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, gun shot wound, left thigh; 9th August 1917 to 10th September 1917, Crothers Hospital, Southborough, gun shot wound, left thigh; 20th September 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1917, posted BEF Infantry Base Depot; 8th November 1917, embarked / disembarked; 8th November 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th November 1917, joined Battalion, "C" Company; 30th November 1917, posted missing.

1st October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Hannah Burnard, 2, Laurel Villas, Marden, Kent; Brother - Walter Lionel Burnard, age 26, now in Australia; Sisters - Amy Dora Burnard, age 36, 2, Laurel Villas, Marden, Kent; Grace Lillian Burnard, age 34, 2, Laurel Villas, Marden, Kent; Edith May Burnard, age 30, 2, Laurel Villas, Marden, Kent.

Buried at Marcoing British Cemetery, I.C.11., Nord, France.

External link - Marden War Memorial

Marden War Memorial in St Michael and All Saints Church, Marden

This page was last updated on 22-Jun-2017.