The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Piper

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Private James PIPER, G/2298, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th September 1916.

Born Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, son of Frank & Esther Piper, 31 College Street, Northfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 31 College Street, Northfleet, Kent - Frank Piper, head, age 52, married, labourer, cement, worker, born Brazil, South America, British by Parentage; Esther Piper, wife, age 50, married 31 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Gravesend, Kent; Frank Piper, son, age 30, single, labourer, cement, worker, born Cliffe, Kent; Jim Piper, son, age 21, single, abourer, cement, worker, born Northfleet, Kent; Maggie Piper, daughter, age 19, single, domestic servant, born Northfleet, Kent; Sophia Piper, daughter, age 16, single, domestic servant, born Northfleet, Kent; Gilbert Piper, son, age 12, born Northfleet, Kent; Irene Piper, daughter, age 7, born Northfleet, Kent; Jack Carey, grandson, age 7, born Northfleet, Kent; James Ridley, lodger, age 49, single, waterman, own account, river, born Gravesend, Kent.

17th January 1914, Register Office, Gravesend, Kent, married Charlotte Mary Hopping, spinster, (born 2nd May 1889).

Child - James John Piper, born 1st February 1914, Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 24 years & 311 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 120lbs, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, scar chin. Formerly labourer.

Home, 9th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 27th September 1916.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 24th August 1915, 55 Field Ambulance, rheumatism; 25th August 1915, 58 Field Ambulance, arthritis; 25th August 1915, 18 DRS, arthritis; 3rd September 1915, to Duty.

7th May 1917, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow and child.

12th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Charlotte Mary Piper, 9 Alma Road, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent; Children - James John Piper, 9 Alma Road, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent; Father, deceased; Mother, Esther Piper, 31 College Street, Northfleet, Kent; Brothers - Frank Piper, Buckleton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Gilbert Piper, College Street, Northfleet, Kent; Sisters - M Webster, College Street, Northfleet, Kent; Sophia Piper, 31 College Street, Northfleet, Kent; Rene Piper, 31 College Street, Northfleet, Kent.

Buried at Connaught Cemetery, XI. H. 8., Thiepval, France. Commemorated Greenhithe & Swanscombe Royal British Legion Book of Remembrance.

This page was last updated on 03-Jun-2021.