The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private H E Ransom
Private Herbert Edwin RANSOM, G/18489, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (shrapnel wound penetrated brain), 10 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 27th October 1917, age 19.
11th May 1898, born Stalisfield, Kent, son of George William and Mary Jane Ransom, of Willow Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham, Kent.
1911 Census - Willow Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham, Kent - Mary Jane Ransom, head, age 48, widow, born North Bover, Devonshire; Evelyn Alice Ransom, daughter, age 17, single, general servant domestic, worker, born Oak Hill, Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent; Herbert Edwin Ransom, son, age 12, school, born Green Farm, Stalisfield, near, Faversham, Kent; Henry Ernest Ransom, son, age 10, school, born Green Farm, Stalisfield, near, Faversham, Kent; Alfred Seager, boarder, age 27, single, farm labourer, worker, bor Norton, Faversham, Kent.
Enlisted Herne, Kent, age 19 years & 17 days, height 5ft 4 inches, development poor, slight scar behind right knee, slight varicocele. Resided Willow Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.
Home 12th April 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 13th June 1917; Home 14th June 1917 to 20th October 1917; BEF 21st October 1917 to 27th October 1917.
12th April 1915, enlisted & posted 2/1 Battalion, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No.2339; 21st September 1916, posted BEF; 22nd September 1916, Etaples, 38 Infantry Base Depot; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Territorial Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 7th June 1917, wounded in action; 9th June 1917, Le Treport, 16 General Hospital, gun shot wound left buttock, severe; 12th June 1917, to England Hospital Ship, "Warilda", gun shot wound left buttock, ex Le Treport, 16 General Hospital; 14th June 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th June 1917 to 28th June 1917, 2/1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, gun shot wound left buttock; 10 days furlough; 1st September 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1917, Fort Horsted, overstaying his Expeditionary Force leave from Tattoo until 6.00pm on 20th September 1917, admonished, forfeits 2 days pay; 17th October 1917, Infantry Base Depot; 21st October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined them in the Field.
15th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Mary Jane Ransom, Willow Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham; Brothers - John W Ransom., age 31, 69 Vicarage Road, Plumstead, SE; Henry E Ransom, age 18, Willow Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham; Sisters - Louisa A Ransom, age 27, Durdans House, The Avenue, St Margarets, ........; Evelyn A Butler, age 25, Pottery Cottage, Dunkirk? Faversham.
Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXII. H. 17A. Belgium. Commemorated Stalisfield Church.
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