The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H C Bullock

Private Herbert Charles BULLOCK, G/12828, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917, age 22.

Born Greenwich, Kent, son of George Alfred and Emily Virginia Bullock, of Rue Des Frere Cottage, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands / 27 Vauvent Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

1911 Census - 8 Havelet, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands - George Bullock, head, age 48, married, grocers, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Emily Bullock, wife, age 47, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; George Bullock, son, age 22, single, carter, corn merchant, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Harold Bullock, son, age 20, single, laundryman hotel, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Herbert Bullock, son, age 17, single, labourer, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Gertrude Bullock, daughter, age 15, single, housework, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Cecil Bullock, son, age 13, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Frank Bullock, son, age 10, school, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Eva Bullock, daughter, age 4, born St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Enlisted Greenwich, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 2½ inches, scar above left ????. Resided 16 George Street, St Peters Road, Gravesend, Kent / 29 Stackwell Street, West Greenwich. Formerly labourer.

Home 20th March 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 9th April 1917.

20th March 1916, enlisted & posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd October 1916, posted BEF; 3rd October 1916, embarked; 3rd April 1916, Northampton, offering violence to his superior officer, District Court Martial, sentenced to 6 months detention; 15th July 1916, released from Detention Barracks Wandsworth, 90 days remission earned; 1st September 1916, Aldershot, late attending parade at 8.40am, absent from parade at 9.45pm. 168 hours detention; 11th September 1916, Aldershot, neglecting to obey an order, 3 days confined to barracks; 17th October 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1916, not complying with an order, awarded 28 days Field Punishment No.1.

26th June 1919, War Office memo, personal property etc to be sent to No.1228, Pte Harold Bullock, 2nd Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, attached to Dispersal Unit, Guernsey.

11th September 1920, Statement of Relatives (completed by H Bullock, brother,27 Vauvent Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands) - Father, Pte George Bullock, No.706618, 148 Labour Corps, No.5 Section, A Platoon, British Troops France; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Mr H A Bullock, age 29, 27 Vauvent Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; Mr S S Bullock, age 26, 181ALanthorpe? Road. Blackwall Lane; Mr C Bullock, age 22, 1887? ???? Road, Deptford; Pte H? J? Bullock, age 18, 19821 Pte A Company, Hut 24, Middlesex? Regiment, Reed Hall Camp, Colchester; Sisters - Miss J? H ? Bullock, age 23, 38 Dagnell Park, South Norwood, ????; Miss E Bullock, age 13, 27 Vauvent Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Buried at Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, II.E.7., Pas de Calais, France.

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