The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Moyce


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Private Hardy MOYCE, L/10816, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd September 1916, age 20 .

Born 26th June 1896, Seal, Kent, son of John & Charlotte Moyce, of 36, Church Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent.


1911 Census - 36, Church Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent - Charlotte Moyce, head, age 53, widow, married 32 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, born Ash, Kent; Hardy Moyce, son, age 14, errand boy, stationer, worker, born Seal, Kent; Theresa Vera Moyce, daughter, age 12, school, born Seal, Kent.


Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 11 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 120lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Formerly gardener.

Home, 30th May 1915 to 22nd December 1915; BEF, 23rd December 1915 to 3rd September 1916.

30th May 1915, enlisted; 8th June 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1915, dental treatment, extractions & fillings; 26th June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd December 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd December 1915, embarked; 9th June 1916, wounded; 9th June 1916, 73 Field Ambulance, gun shot wound left upper arm; 9th June 1916, 8 Casualty Clearing Station; 11th June 1916, Infantry Comp Co V; 14th June 1916 to duty from Hospital; 21st June 1916, 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, tachycardia; 22nd June 1916, 12 Ambulance Train;  27th June 1916 Boulogne, transferred to 3 Canadian General Hospital; 18th July 1916, 40 Infantry Base Depot; Etaples from 3 Canadian General Hospital; 8th August 1916, transferred from 8th to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th August 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field.

12th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Mother, Charlotte Moyce, 36, Church Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent; Brothers - L/Cpl N?H Moyce, age 27, Rifle Brigade, Rifle Depot, Winchester; E B Moyce, age 26, 36, Church Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent; Sisters - Mrs Fenner, age 38, Roke Avenue, Kenley, Surrey; Miss M Moyce, age 34, Llewellyn House, Richmond Road E, Twickenham; Mrs Bishop, age 28, Seal Cottage, The Vine, Sevenoaks; Miss F? Moyce, age 21, Reculver, Bayham Road, Sevenoaks

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 C., France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War shows first name as Henry; CWGC web site shows it as Hardy.


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