The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Debman

Private Joseph DEBMAN, G/18737, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 24th March 1917.

Born Stanstead, Essex, son of James & Lydia Debman.

1911 Census - Bentfield End, Stansted, Essex - James Debman, head, age 49, married, cowman domestic, born Stansted, Essex; Lydia Debman, wife, age 46, married 30 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Elsenham, Essex; Joseph Debman, son, age 29, single, groom domestic, born Stansted, Essex; Ethel Debman, daughter, age 14, school, born Stansted, Essex; Ivy Debman, daughter, age 12, school, born Stansted, Essex.

NOTE - Other entries crossed out - Nellie Debman, daughter, age 22; Ernest Debman, son, age 20; Florry Debman, daughter, age 19; Kate Debman, daughter, age 17.

Enlisted Gilston, Essex, age 30 years 11 months, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 143½lbs. Resided Gilston Park Stables, Harlow, Essex. Formerly groom.

Home 4th December 1915 to 25th September 1916; BEF 26th Sewptember 1916 to 24th March 1917.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 5th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 22nd June 1916, mobilized & posted 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.46005; 4th October 1916, embarked; 5th October 1916, disembarked; 5th October 1916, 39 Infantry Base Depot, posted 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1916, transferred to 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment in the Field.

3rd August 1917, Next of Kin, (sister?) Miss Nellie Creswell / Saunders, Robinsbridge Road, Coggershall, Essex.

Buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, AA. 22., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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