The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Dovey

Private Harry DOVEY, 201385, 2/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (4057, Royal West Kent Regiment), killed in action Egypt, 8th May 1917, age 30.

Born Biddenden, Kent, son of Benjamin and Louisa Dovey, of Sutton Valence, Maidstone Kent.

1911 Census - Lower Street, Sutton Valence, Kent - Louisa Dovey, head, age 66, widow, confectioner & tobacconist, own account, born Biddenden, Kent; Alfred Dovey, son, age 26, single, auxiliary postman, General Post Office, born Biddenden, Kent; Harry Dovey, son, age 24, single, assisting in the business, born Biddenden, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone Kent.

9th July 1917, Probate - Dovey Harry of Sutton Valence. Private 2/4th Royal West Kent Regiment, died 8th May 1917, Egypt in action. Probate London 9th July to *Alfred Dovey tobacconist. Effects £267 3s. * brother.

Buried at Gaza War Cemetery, Israel, grave XXX. D 13 and commemorated on the Sutton Valence War Memorial.

External link to Biddenden War Memorial

External link to Sutton Valence War Memorial

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