The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Brown

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Private Henry BROWN, L/10936, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th June 1916.

Born 7th July 1897, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, son of John & Caroline Brown, Stone Bridge, Marden, Kent.

1911 Census - West Pike Fish Farm, Yalding, Kent - John Brown, head, age 36, married, waggoner on farm, born Biddenden, Kent; Caroline Brown, wife, age 32, married 12 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Rolvenden, Kent; Henry Chas Brown, son, age 13, school, born Rolvenden, Kent; John E Brown, son, age 10, school, born Dymchurch, Kent; William George Brown, son age 8, born Ulcombe, Kent; Allen Amelia Brown, daughter, age 6, born Yalding, Kent; Esther Brown, visitor. age 18, single, born Biddenden, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 3¼ inches, weight 101lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark hair. Resided West Pike Fish Farm, Yalding, Kent. Formerly general labourer.

Home 14th July 1915 to 23rd February 1916; BEF 24th February 1916 to 27th June 1916.

14th July 1915, enlisted; 16th July 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th February 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th March 1916, O B Hospital, Etaples, German measles slight; 31st March 1916, discharged to Convalescent Depot; 2nd April 1916, discharged to Detail Camp; 3rd April 1916, arrived 18 Infantry Base Depot; 14th April 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field.

16th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Brown, Stone Bridge, Marden; Mother, Caroline Brown, Stone Bridge, Marden; Brother, William G Brown, age 17, Stone Bridge, Marden; Sisters - Nellie? Brown, age 14, Stone Bridge, Marden; Maud E Brown, age 8, Stone Bridge, Marden; Emma Brown, age 6, Stone Bridge, Marden; Louisa Brown, age 1, Stone Bridge, Marden.

Buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery, C5., Somme, France.

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