The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Beresford

Private James BERESFORD, G/5113, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 23 General Hospital, Etaples, France, at 1.10pm on 8th April 1916.

Born Hand Cross, Sussex, son of John Beresford.

1911 Census - Ivy Cottage, Luxted, Downe, Kent - Samuel Philip Sharood. head, age 61, widower, carpenter on Estate, born Pimlico, Middlesex; Edward Charles Sharood, son, age 32, single, carman on farm, born near Shoreham Sussex; Edith Emily Sharood, daughter, age 26, single, housekeeper, domestic, at home, born Farnborough, Kent; James Beresford, visitor, age 21, single, carman on farm, born Hand Cross, Sussex.

1911 June Quarter, Bromley Registration District, married Edith Emily Sharood,

Child - James Edward Beresford, born 26th August 1913

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 24. Resided 4 Dunoon Cottages, Luxted Down, Kent / High Elms Lodge, Farnborough, Kent. Formerly carman.

Home 21st December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 12th May 1915; Home 13th May 1915 to 10th October 1915; BEF 11th October 1915 to 8th April 1916.

21st December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th April 1916, wounded; 8th April 1916, 23 General Hospital, gun shot wounds, head, neck, left knee, right arm.

8th October 1916, date from which Separation Allowance of 14/- a week & allotment of pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

9th October 1916, pension of 15/- a week awarded to widow & one child. Widow died 1917, December Quarter, Bromley Registration District.

13th January 1921, Statement of Relatives, completed by sister in law, Ada Smith, of 30, Godwin Road, Bromley, Kent. Guardian of James Edward Beresford - Child, James Edward Beresford, born 26th August 1913; Father, John Beresford, Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent; Brothers - John Beresford, age 30, Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent; Frederick Beresford, age 27, Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent; Donald Beresford, age 24, Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent; William Beresford, age 19, Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent; Sister, Mary Beresford, age 29,Yew Tree Cottage, Downe, Kent;

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, V.A.10., Pas de Calais, France.

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