The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L E Haworth

Photograph by "Adrienne"

Private Laurence Edward HAWORTH, G/21298, 3rd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound to head), 46 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders, France, 14th November 1917, age 35.

5th May 1882. born St Thomas, Blackburn, Lancashire, son of John and Mary Ann Haworth, of 116 Chester Street, St Thomas, Blackburn, Lancashire.

14th August 1906 , St Cuthberts? Church, married Florence Renshaw, spinster, 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire.

Children - Stanley, born 23rd October 1912, Darwen; Harry, 24th July 1911, Darwen.

1911 Census - 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire - Mary Ann Howarth, head, age 57, widow, married 28 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, housekeeper, worker, home, born Darwen, Lancashire; Laurence Edward Haworth, son, age 28, married, cotton weaver, worker, born Blackburn, Lancashire; Florence Haworth, sons's wife, age 26, married 4 years, no children, cotton weaver, worker, born Darwen, Lancashire; Nathaniel Haworth, son, age 23, single, cotton weaver, worker, born Darwen, Lancashire; John Haworth, son, age 20, single, cotton weaver, worker, born Darwen, Lancashire; Elsie Haworth, daughter, age 18, single, cotton weaver, worker, born Darwen, Lancashire; Sarah Ann Haworth, son, daughter, age 16, single, cotton weaver, worker, born Darwen, Lancashire.

Enlisted Darwen, Lancashire, age 33 years & 7 months, height 5ft 2¾ inches. Resided 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire. Formerly weaver.

Home 9th December 1915 to 12th September 1917, BEF 13th September 1917 to 14th November 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 9th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 1st February 1917, mobilized; 1st February 1917, posted 2/9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.267162; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 13th September 1917, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 17th September 1917, transferred Royal West Kent Regiment, 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st September 1917, joined Unit In the Field; 10th November 1917, wounded in action.

27th May 1918, pension of 29/7 a week awarded to widow & three children.

2nd June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Florence Haworth, 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire; Harry Haworth, 24th July 1911, 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire; Stanley Haworth, 23rd October 1912, 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire; Alan Haworth, born 13th June 1916, 48, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire; Mother, Mary Ann Haworth, 52 Gillibrand Street, Darwen; Brothers - John Haworth, age 30, 33, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire; Sisters - Sarah Ann Haworth, age 25, 52 Gillibrand Street, Darwen; Elsie Tootall, age 27, 13 Greenway Street, Darwen.

11th June 1924, Probate - Lawrence Edward Haworth, of 49, Hollins Grove Street, Darwen, Lancashire, died 14th November 1917 in Belgium. Administration with will, London 11th June to Florence Parker (wife of John Parker). Effects £225. June 1924, Blackburn Registration District Florence Haworth, married John Parker.

Buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, II. G. 22., Belgium.

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