The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private M J Hilder

Private Martin James HILDER, G/23134, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd May 1917, age 19.

1897, born Lee, Kent, son of Frederick and Mabel Marion Hilder, of 42, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent.

1911 Census - Frederick Hilder, head, age 62, married, stock & shasre dealer, Stock Exchange, born Bodiam, Sussex; Mabel Marion Hilder, wife, age 46, married 20 years, 3 children, all still alive; born London; Dorothy Hilder, daughter, age 19, single, born Lee, Kent; Martin James Hilder, son, age 13, born Lee, Kent; Marguerite Smith, visitor, age 22, single, born London; Kate Kerry, servant, age 28, parlour maid domestic, born Sevenoaks, Kent; Dora Iggulden, servant, age 28, single, cook, born Ashford, Kent; Elizabeth Reeves, servant, age 20, single, housemaid, born Sevenoaks, Kent.

Joined Special Reserve 10th December 1915, enlisted Sevenoaks, age 18 years & 2 months, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 112lbs. Formerly clerk.

10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 11th May 1916, mobilized & rejected for 6 months until 11th November 1916;

14th August 1916 told to report for service on 30th August 1916; 13th October 1916, Called up for Service.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 11 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 112lbs. Resided The Dell, Sevenoaks, Kent. Formerly clerk.

Home 15th October 1916 to 31st December 1916; BEF 1st January 1917 to 3rd May 1917.

15th October 1916, enlisted; 17th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1917, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 22nd January 1917, joined Battalion, "B" Company In the Field.

20th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Frederick Hilder, 42, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent; Mother, Mabel Marion Hilder, 42, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent; Full Brothers - none: Half Blood Brothers - *Fred Hickling Hilder, age 34, 837 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada; Full Blood Sisters - Dorothy Hilder, age 27, 42, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent; Freda Hilder, age 25, 42, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent.

* born 15th March 1885, Streatham, London from previous marriage to Jane Hickling, who died 3rd April 1885, Streatham, London. 5th February 1906, departed Liverpool for New York. 15th December 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, enlisted Canadian Expeditionary Force. 12th May 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, married Edith Annie Brittain.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France & on Sevenoaks War Memorial.

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