The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Cartwright

Photograph by "Jared"

Private James CARTWRIGHT, 205075, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Syria, 4th November 1917, age 22.

Born St Lukes, London, son of James Thomas & Alice Cartwright.

1911 Census - 3 Rosoman Street, London, EC - James Cartwright, head, age 50, married, general labourer, born Clerkenwell; Alice Cartwright, wife, age 49, married 24 years, 8 children, 4 still alive, office cleaner, born Clerkenwell; Bessie Cartwright, daughter, age 20, single, waitress, tea shop, born Clerkenwell; Hannah Cartwright, daughter, age 18, single, tea packer, born Clerkenwell; James Cartwright, son, age 16, single, metal worker, born Clerkenwell; Ada Cartwright, daughter, age 13, school, born Clerkenwell.

26th December 1913 (1914?), St Pauls Church, Central Street, Holborn District, married Mary Ann Rose Winterbourn, spinster, 58, Brunswick Close, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1.

Child - James George Cartwright, born 14th April 1914, (St Barts Hospital) London City District.

Enlisted Islington, Middlesex, age 19 years & 7months, height 5ft 4 inches. Resided Clerkenwell, London. Formerly metal stamping, Precision Engineering Company.

Home 24th March 1914 to 28th July 1915; MEF 29th July 1915 to 4th November 1917.

24th March 1914, enlisted, 1897, London Regiment; 29th July 1915, Liverpool, embarked for MEF, HMTS Aquitania; 15th August 1915, Gallipoli, wounded, bullet right foot, 3rd Welsh, Ambulance Dressing Station; 15th August 1915, transferred to Clearing Station; 16th August 1915, admitted HMHS Assaye; 18th August 1915, transferred to Mudros; 19th August 1915, admitted 16th Stationary Hospital, Lemnos; 22nd December 1915, Sidi Bishr, rejoined Unit; 3rd May 1916, Shallufa, to Hospital, old bullet wound foot; 28th May 1916, Cairo, admitted Nasrieh Sch, old bullet wound foot; 8th July 1916, Abassia, admitted Convalescent Depot; 20th July 1916, Abassia, Convalescent Depot, discharged to 27th General Hospital for Duty; 20th July 1916, Abassia reported for Duty; 21st July 1916 to31st October 1916, granted 4d a day additional pay while employed on Royal Army Medical Corps Duties; 30th November 1916, transferred to 19th Rifle Brigade; 7th February 1917, reclassified by Medical Board as "A"; 15th March 1917, transferred to 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1917, joined Battalion in the Field; 4th November 1917, killed in Action, Syria.

3rd June 1918, pension of 20/5 a week awarded to widow Mary Ann Rose Ewer (formerly Cartwright) and one child.

10th December 1919? Statement of Relatives - widow, Mary Ann Rose Ewer, 58, Brunswick Close, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1.; Child, James George Cartwright, born 14th April 1914, 58, Brunswick Close, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1.; Father, James Cartwright; Mother, Alice Cartwright; Sisters - Bessie Saunders; Hannah Cartwright, age 24?; Ada Cartwright, age 22, Halletts Place; Nephew, William Saunders; Uncle, Mr Luke, 35, Brunswick Close, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1.; Aunt, Mrs Bruce, 45 Rakes Street, ????, Goswell.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G.34., Israel.

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