The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J W Humphrey

Private John William HUMPHREY, G/16980, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after 23rd March 1918, age 20.

Born Woldingham, Surrey, son of William Arthur and Emily Jane Humphrey, of The Lodge, Beech Hanger Court, Caterham Valley, Surrey.

1911 Census - Dene Wood Cottages, Woldingham, Surrey - William Arthur Humphrey, head, age 44, married, gardener domestic, worker, born Langton, Kent; Emily Jane Humphrey, wife, age 45, married 20 years, 4 children, all still alive, born New Brompton, Kent; Florence Annie Humphrey, daughter, age 19, single, general servant, domestic, worker, born Whyteleafe, Surrey; John William Humphrey, son, age 13, school, born Whyteleafe, Surrey; Albert Henery Humphrey, son, age 7, school, born Woldingham, Surrey; Alice May Humphrey, daughter, age 2, born Woldingham, Surrey; Sarah Humphrey, mother, age 67, widow, born Langton, Kent.

Enlisted 11th December 1915, Oxted, Surrey, age 18 years & 161 days, height 5ft 9 inches, 143lbs. Resided Dene Wood Cottage, Woldingham, Surrey. Formerly gardener.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 23rd November 1916; BEF, 24th November 1916 to 23rd March 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 27th July 1916, mobilized & posted; 28th July 1916, Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF; 23rd March 1918, posted missing.

9th December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 6/2 a week payable to mother will cease.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7., France.

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