The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H G Brazier

Photograph by Chris(tine) Eaton

Private Horace Gent BRAZIER, G/11216, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 15th September 1916, age 29.

2nd June 1887, born Deptford, Kent, son of Frederick and Emily Brazier, 53 / 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14.

1911 Census - 97 LEahurst Road, Lewisham - Frederick Brazier, head, age 54, married, compositor, born Shoreditch; Emily Brazier, wife, age 56, married 31 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Greenwich; Mabel Brazier, daughter, age 28, single, typist, born Deptford; Horace Brazier, son, age 23, single, printers readers, born Deptford; Evelyn Brazier, daughter, age 20., single, at home, born Lewisham; Hilda Brazier, daughter, age 17, single, machinist, born Catford; Violet Brazier, daughter, age 12, school, born Dydenham.

Enlisted Deptford, Kent, age 28 tears, 166 days, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 152lbs, tattoo mark right hand, requires dental treatment. Resided 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14. Formerly printers labourer.

Home 15th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 15th September 1916.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 15th September 1916, posted missing.

22nd August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Frederick Henry Brazier, 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14; Mother, Emily Ann Brazier, 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14; Brother - Frederick George Brazier, age 34, 39 Devonshire Road, West Croydon, Surrey; Sisters - Evelyn May Weedon, age 27, 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14; Hilda Olive Brazier, age 25, 93 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14; Jesse Violet Healy, age 20, 95 Florence Road, New Cross, EC14.

Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No 2., XLI. D. 16., Somme, France.

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