The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Careless

Private John CARELESS, G/5101, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd July 1916.

Born Trumpington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

1898, September Quarter, Tonbridge Registration District, married Elizabeth Catharine Williams.

1911 Census - Gardeners Cottage, 31 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - John Careless, head, age 36, married, gardener domestic, born Trumpington, Cambridgeshire; Elizabeth Careless, wife, age 48, married 12 years 3 children, all still alive, born Chester; Reginald Careless, son, age 11, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Frederick Careless, son, age 9, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Frank Careless, son, age 4, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 37 & 364 days, height 5ft 7½ inches. Resided Gardeners Cottage, 31 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Formerly gardener.

23rd December 1914, enlisted.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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