The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Green

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Private Joseph GREEN, G/11877, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 26th July 1917.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of James & Louisa Green, 2 Whittaker Street, Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - 22 Best Town, Cage Lane, Chatham, Kent - James Green, head, age 61, married, builders labourer, worker, born Common, Eseex; Louisa Green, wife, age 52, married 35 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, general servant domestic, worker, born Epping, Essex; Charles Green, son, age 30, single, builders labourer, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; William Green, son, age 27, single, builders labourer, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Eliza Green, daughter, age 18, single, domestic servant, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Joseph Green, son, age 16, single, errand boy, at home, worker, born Chatham, Kent; John Blyfield, boarder, age 38, general dealer, own account, born Aldershot, Hampshire.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20 years & 9 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 130lbs. Resided 2 Whittaker Street, Chatham, Kent. Formerly coal porter.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF, 19th May 1916 to 26th July 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915. to Army Reserve; 23rd January 1916, mobilized from Army Reserve; 23rd January 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1916, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, joined Battalion; 3rd February 1917, St Omer, admitted 4 Stationary Hospital, eczema; 6th March 1917, rejoined Battalion.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Green, 2 Whittaker Street, Chatham, Kent; Mother, Louisa Green, 2 Whittaker Street, Chatham, Kent.

Buried at Perth Cemetery, (China Wall), II. G. 7., Belgium.

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