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Private P Rolfe

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Private Philip ROLFE, G/15095, 6th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th October 1916.

22nd July 1897, born Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire. son of Charles & Mary Anne Rolfe, Robbs Cottages, Burnt Fen, Suffolk / Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Low Barn, Soham Fen, Soham, Cambridgeshire - Charles Rolfe, head, age 42, married, farm labourer, worker, born Mildenhall, Suffolk; Mary Ann Rolfe, wife, age 38, married 16 years, 6 children, born Mildenhall, Suffolk; Philip Rolfe, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Mildenhall, Suffolk; Victor James Rolfe, son, age 13, farm labourer, worker, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Charles Edward Rolfe, son, age 9, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Bessie Rolfe, daughter, age 6, born Mildenhall, Suffolk; Dora Margret Rolf, daughter, age 2, born Soham, Cambridgeshire; Walter Rolfe, son, age 5 months, born Soham, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, age 18 years & 5 months, height 5ft 2¾ inches, weight 116lbs. Resided, Robbs Cottages, Burnt Fen, Suffolk. Formerly farm labourer.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF, 13th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

15th November 1915, enlisted; 16th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 11th May 1916, mobilized; 11th May 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th May 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

3rd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Charles Rolfe, age 50, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Mother, Mary Anne Rolfe, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Brothers - Victor James, age 20, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Charles Edward, age 18, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Walter, age 8, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Sisters - Bessie, age 14, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Dora Margaret, age 11, Beck Row, Mildenhall; Sophie, age 6, Beck Row, Mildenhall.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.