The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H F N Hamilton

Private Harold Frederick Newenham HAMILTON, G/18620, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/42029, Royal Fusiliers), killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd May 1917, age 38.

Born St Andrews, Hastings Sussex, son of the late Gustavus William Bellew Hamilton and Georgiana Constance Hamilton.

3rd December 1901, initiation Freemasons, St Sampsons Lodge, Guernsey, Solidor Vale, occupation grower, excluded December 1908..

26th December 1907, Guernsey, married Catherine May Ozanne, spinster.

Children - Daphne May Ozanne Hamilton, born 3rd April 1909, Chiswick; Eileen Maie Hamilton, born 24th February 1911, Easebourne, Midhurst.

1911 Census - Easebourne Post Office, Midhurst, West Sussex - Harold Frederick Newenham Hamilton, head, age 32, married, sub postmaster, General Post Office, worker, born St Andrews, Hastings Sussex; Catherine May Hamilton, wife, age 29, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive, assistant sub postmaster, General Post Office, worker, born North Shields; Daphne May Ozanne Hamilton, daughter, age 2, born Chiswick; Eileen Maie Hamilton, daughter, age 2 months, born Easebourne, Midhurst; Frank Soane, boarder, age 48, single, postman, General Post Office, worker, born born Easebourne, Midhurst.

Enlisted West Lavington, Midhurst, Sussex, age 36, height 5ft 7 inches. Resided, Easebourne, Sussex.

Home 29th November 1915 to 3rd October 1916; BEF 4th October 1916 to 3rd May 1917.

29th November 1915, enlisted; 29th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 14th June 1916, mobilized; 16th June 1916, posted 16th Royal Fusiliers, Service No.42029; 1st September 1916, transferred to 22nd Reserve Battalion, Service No.50692; 4th October 1916, posted BEF & embarked & posted to 26th Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th October 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 7th December 1916, Abbeville, defective vision admitted 1 General Hospital; 7th December 1916, Abbeville, transferred to Convalescent Camp; 16th December 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 25th February 1917, proceeded to join 7th Battalion In the Field.

25th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 17/6 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

26th November 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

4th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Catherine May Hamilton, 20, Whitehall Gardens, Chiswick, London, W4.; Children - Daphne May Ozanne Hamilton, born 3rd April 1909, 20, Whitehall Gardens, Chiswick, London, W4.; Eileen Maie Hamilton, born 24th February 1911, 20, Whitehall Gardens, Chiswick, London, W4.; Father, none living; Mother, none living; Brothers - All between 30 & 40, and 10 Blechynde Terrace, Southampton West will find them all - Claude Hamilton, Moncrieffe Hamilton; Sackville Hamilton; Cyril Hamilton. Esme Goodfellow.

4th December 1921, widow living at 20, Whitehall Gardens, Chiswick, London, W4.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

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