The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J R Bruce

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Private John Reginald BRUCE, G/31306, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 11th August 1918, age 18.

Born Shimpling, Suffolk, son of George Albert and Elizabeth Mary Bruce, of Shimpling, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - George Albert Bruce, head, age 47, married, sub postmaster, born Shimpling, Suffolk; Elizabeth Mary Bruce, wife, age 47, married 25 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Shimpling, Suffolk; George Edward Bruce, son, age 20, single, carpenter, born Shimpling, Suffolk; May Lilian Bruce, daughter, age 16, single, assist housework, born Shimpling, Suffolk; Bertram Victor Bruce, son, age 13, school, born Shimpling, Suffolk; John Reginald Bruce, son, age 11, school, born Shimpling, Suffolk; Gertrude Florence Bruce, daughter, age 10, school, born Shimpling, Suffolk.

Enlisted Ipswich, Suffolk.

Buried at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, IV.E.12., Somme, France.

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