The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J G Parncutt

Private John George PARNCUTT, TF/5432, 1st/5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of enteric fever, Rawalpindi, India, 23rd December 1916.

1885 July born Holloway, Islington, London, son of John & Louisa R Parncutt.

1909 January, Essex, married Frances Annie Davy.

Children - Frank George Drummond Parncutt, born 26th May 1909, Essex;

1911 Census - 149 Sutton Court Road, Plaistow, Essex - John George Parncutt, head, age 25, married, gas fitter, Gas Light & Cole Company, worker, born Holloway, London; Frances Annie Parncutt, wife, age 30, married 2 years, 1 child, born Old Kent Road, Bermondsey; Frank George Drummond Parncutt, son, age 2, born East Hamm, Essex; William Henry Parncutt, brother, age 20, single, assistant in stores, Gas Light & Cole Company, worker, born Holborn Circus, London.

Children - Gertrude Annie Parncutt, born 1911 October, West Ham, Essex, died 29th May 1915, West Ham, Essex; Ivy R Parncutt, born 16th June 1915, West Ham, Essex.

Previously belonged to National Reserve, 4th Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.

Enlisted West Ham, Essex, age 29. Resided 145 Sutton Court Road, Plaistow, Essex / 60 St Olaves Road, Barking Road, East Ham, Essex / 39 Lodan? Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn, London EC1.

Home 12th September 1914 to 11th January 1916; India 12th January 1916 to 23rd December 1916.

12th September 1914, enlisted & posted 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment, Service No.22297; 30th October 1915, transferred to 24th Rifle Brigade, Home Counties, Service No.827; 15th November 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment.

16th July 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow and two children.

15th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Frances A Parncutt, 9 Lodan? Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn; Children - Frank G D Parncutt, 10 years & half, 9 Lodan? Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn; Ivy Rose Parncutt, 4 years & half, 9 Lodan? Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn; Father, none; Mother, Louise Parncutt, age 58, 21 Redmans Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn; Brothers - William Parncutt, age 28, Streatham Police Station; Sisters - Edith Anne Parncutt, age 26, 21 Redmans Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn; Ethel Parncutt, age 24, 21 Redmans Buildings, Bourne Estate, Holborn.

Buried at Rawalpindi War Cemetery, 1. F. 2., Pakistan.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show name as PARNCUTT; CWGC web site shows it as PARMCUTT. Soldiers Died in the Great War shows date of death as 23rd December 1916; CWGC web site shows it as 23rd November 1916.

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