The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Edwards

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Private Herbert EDWARDS, G/11887, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 23rd Field Ambulance, Flanders, France, 1st September 1916.

Born Hawkhurst, Kent, son of Thomas John & Elen Ann Edwards, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent.

1911 Census - Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent - Thomas John Edwards, head, age 47, married, ladies tailor, worker, born Godstone, Surrey; Elen Ann Edwards, wife, age 47, married 23 years, 13 children, 11 still alive, born Paddington, London; May Edwards, daughter, age 19, single, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Herbert Edwards, son, age 16, single, errand boy, boot & shoe, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; George Edwards, son age 14, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Ellen Edwards, daughter, age 10, school, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Gladys Edwards, daughter, age 9, school, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Irene Edwards, daughter, age 7, school, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Donald Edwards, son, age 4, born Hawkhurst, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 21 years & 78 days, height 5ft 2½ inches, 123lbs. Resided 32 Alexander Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent. Formerly motor driver.

Home 17th November 1915 to 13th June 1916; BEF 14th June 1916 to 1st September 1916.

17th November 1915, enlisted; 18th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 24th January 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th to 25th March 1916, admitted Military Wards, Shoreham Hospital, rubella; 14th June 1916., posted BEF; 15th June 1916, embarked / disembarked; 4th July 1916, joined Battalion; 1st September 1916, 23rd Field Ambulance, wounded, gun shot wounds, legs, arms and back.

6th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas John Edwards, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Mother, Elen Ann Edwards, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Brothers - Sidney? Albert?, age 23, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; George Charles, age 22, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Donald, age 13, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Sisters - Florence Lilly?, age 28, 8 ????, ?????, New Eltham?, Kent; May, age 26, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Ellen, age 18, Dulces House, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent; Gladys, age 16, 100 Oxford Gardens, Kennington?; Irene, age 15, Garden Grove, Park ????; Amy?, Vicarage? Gardens?, Old Farm, East ????.

Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, II. D. 2., Somme, France.

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