The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private M J Huntingdon

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Private Maurice John HUNTINGDON, S/ 8151, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd February 1915, age 23.

11th February 1892, born Notting Hill / North Kensington, London, son of Edwin and Thirza Elizabeth Huntingdon, of 319, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London.

1911 Census - 5 Brandsford Street, North Kensington, London W - Edwin Huntingdon, head, age 59, married, house painter, worker, born Penzance, Cornwall; Thirza Huntingdon, wife, age 49, married 25 years, 11 children, all still alive, born Camberwell, London; Edwin George Huntingdon, son, age 23, single, Railway Clerk, worker, born Birmingham; *Frederick Huntingdon, son, age 17, single, shop assistant, cheesemonger, worker, born Kensington, London; Amy Huntingdon, daughter, age 13, school, born Willesden, London; Lilian Huntingdon, daughter, age 11, school, born Kensington, London; Mary Huntingdon, daughter, age 9, school, born Kensington, London; Elsie Huntingdon, daughter, age 6, school, born Kensington, London; Grace Huntingdon, daughter, age 3, school, born Kensington, London.

Great Western Railway service about 1 year, carriage oiler, Locomotive Department, Old Oak Common.

Enlisted London.

8th November 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, LV. F. 5., Belgium.

*Private Frederick William Huntingdon, Service No. L/13593, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, died 14th March 1915, age 21. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, Panel 31&32, Pas de Calais, France.

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