The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Webster

Photograph by "Derek Burgess"

Private Jeremiah WEBSTER, G/20052, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, Broncho Pneumonia, 21st February 1919.

Son of Eli & Eliza Webster.

1911 Census - Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, Yorkshire - Eli Webster, head, age 38, married, coal miner, worker, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Eliza Webster, wife, age 38, married 14 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Annie Clough (Webster crossed out), daughter, age 16, single, spinner, cotton, worker, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Jerry Webster, son, age 14, rag filler, rag mill, worker, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Sally Webster, daughter, age 12, school part time / cotton spinner, worker, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Ernest Webster, son, age 9, school, born Drighlington, Yorkshire; Polly Webster, daughter, age 4, born Drighlington, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Scarborough, age 19 years & 335 days, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 126lbs, teeth required (upper). Resided Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford. Formerly textile worker.

Home 2nd March 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 17th October 1918; Leave to UK, 18th October 1918 to 1st November 1918; BEF 2nd November 1918 to 21st February 1919.

2nd March 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 21st November 1916, Called up for Service; 4th April 1917, Recalled; 4th April 1917, posted No.3. Depot, Cavalry Regiment; 12th April 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Service No.33627; 1st September 1917, transferred to Royal Fusiliers; 1st September 1917, posted 5th Reserve Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/59211; 12th October 1917, posted BEF & 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 12th October 1917, embarked; 13th October 1917, disembarked; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 27th November 1917, 12 Stationary Hospital, JCT hand, right; 5th December 1917, to Duty; 6th December 1917, 18 General Hospital, JCT hand, right; 29th December 1917, 6 Convalescent Depot; 2nd January 1918, 14 Convalescent Depot; 17th January 1918, 72 General Hospital, swollen knee, right; 13th March 1918, Trouville, 15 Convalescent Depot, knee joint right; ; 26th March 1918, Infantry Base Depot; 19th April 1918, joined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1918, awarded Military Medal for Gallantry & Devotion to Duty in action; 19th August 1918, 13 Field Ambulance, PUO; 22nd August 1918, Le Treport, 16 General Hospital USA, PUO severe; 3rd September 1918. Etaples, "J" Depot; 15th September 1918, joined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 19th September 1918, 3 NZ Field Ambulance, diarrhoea; 28th September 1918, rejoined 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 18th October 1918 to 1st November 1918, granted leave to UK; 11th February 1919, 13 Field Ambulance, influenza; 21st February 1919, 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, died of Broncho Pneumonia..

8th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Eli Webster, dead; Mother Elizabeth Webster, Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford; Brothers - Ernest Webster, age 18, Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford; Sisters - Annie Webster, age 24, Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford; Sally Webster, age 20, Moorland Terrace, Drighlingtonn, near Bradford; Polly Webster, age 13, Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford; Edith Webster, age 7, Moorland Terrace, Drighlington, near Bradford.

Buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, XIII. E. 17., Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 13th November 1918.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men:

G/20052 Pte. J. Webster (Drighlington).

NOTE: this soldier does not appear in the Regimental History Roll of Honour or in Soldiers Died in the Great War; but he is included on the CWGC web site.

This page was last updated on 16-Mar-2023.