The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Fitton

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Private Harry FITTON, G/21274, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 16th October 1918.

Born Shaw, Lancashire, son of William & Eliza Fitton.

1911 Census - 7 Clegg Street, High Compton, Shaw, Lancashire - William Fitton, head, age 42, married, cotton mule spinner, cotton spinning, born Crompton, Lancashire; Eliza Matilda Fitton, wife, age 37, married 16 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Crompton, Lancashire; Robert Fitton, son, age 15, single, piercer mule, cotton spinning, born Crompton, Lancashire; Harry Fitton, son, age 14, piercer mule, cotton spinning, born Crompton, Lancashire; Nellie Fitton, daughter, age 10, school, born Crompton, Lancashire; Ethel Fitton, daughter, age 8, school, born Crompton, Lancashire; Fred Fitton, son, age 6, school, born Crompton, Lancashire; Rose Fitton, daughter, age 1, born Crompton, Lancashire.

Enlisted Shaw, Lancashire, age 18 years, 11 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 102lbs. Resided 7 Clegg Street, High Compton, Shaw, Lancashire. Formerly piercer.

Home 8th February 1916 to 12th September 1917; BEF 13th September 1917 to 16th October 1918.

8th February 1916, enlisted; 9th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 28th March 1916, mobilized; 29th March 1916, posted Reserve; 7th February 1917, posted 2/9th Ba1ttalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.267354; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 13th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 14th SEptember 1917, Etaples, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 17th September 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st September 1917, joined Unit In the Field; 5th February 1918, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th February 1918, joined Battalion; 15th March 1918 to 25th March 1918, leave to UK; 7th August 1918, "On the morning of the 7th August 1918, the man was in the Front Line. He was heating some bacon fat in the lid of his mess tin and accidentally dropped some of the fat over his left knee causing a burn". Accidental occurrence; 8th August 1918, 73 Field Ambulance, burns to left knee; 9th August 1918, 24 D.R.S.; 20th August 1918, 30 Casualty Clearing Station; 6th September 1918, joined 24 ???? Reception Camp; 12th September 1918, joined 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Fitton, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Mother, Eliza Fitton, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Brothers - William Fitton, age 5, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Fred Fitton, age 14, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Sisters - Nellie Fitton, age 19, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Annie Fitton, age 7, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Ethel Fitton, age 19?, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Rose Fitton, age 10, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw; Elsie Fitton, age 8, 7 Clegg Street, Shaw.

Buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, IV. E. 7, Nord, France.

This page was last updated on 16-Apr-2019.