The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Huxstep

Private John HUXSTEP, G/12744, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action Flanders 2nd September 1916.

Born Wouldham, Kent, son of Sarah Huxstep.

1911 Census - Factory Cottages, Wouldham, Rochester, Kent - Sarah Huxstep, head, age 59, widow, married 32 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Lyed, Norfolk; Edward Huxstep, son, age 32, single, cement labourer, loading, worker, born Wouldham, Kent; John Huxstep, son, age 29, single, cement labourer, loading, worker, born Wouldham, Kent; Charles Huxstep, son, age 23, single, cement labourer, loading, worker, born Wouldham, Kent; *George Huxstep, son, age 20, single, cement labourer, loading, worker, born Wouldham, Kent; Emma Austen, niece, age 10, born Wouldham, Kent.

Enlisted Rochester Kent, age 33 years & 10 months, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 126lbs. Resided 2 Perrins Cottages, Wouldham, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 11th December 1915 to 21st June 1916; BEF 22nd June 1916 to 2nd September 1916.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd March 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th June 1916, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 9th July 1916, posted 22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

29th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Sarah Huxstep, age 69; Brothers - Edward W Huxstep, age 39; Charles S? Huxstep, age 32; Sisters - Frances E Evans, age 42, (married).

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 C, Somme, France and All Saint's Church Wouldham, Kent. page 12.

* Private George Arthur Huxstep, 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment), Service No.S/9463, died of wounds, 7th January 1917. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, IV.H.3. Also Commemorated at All Saint's Church Wouldham, Kent.

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