The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R A Fissenden

Photograph by "Len"

Private Reuben Arthur FISSENDEN, G/10996, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 4th September 1916.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Reuben Arthur & Alice Maud Fissenden, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent.

30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent - Reuben Arthur Fissenden, head, age 42, married, coal porter, Canal Coal Company, born Barling, Essex; Alice Maud Fissenden, wife, age 42, married 21 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Gravesend, Kent; Minnie Alice Fissenden, daughter, age 20, single, born Gravesend, Kent; Dulice Amelia Fissenden, daughter, age 16, single, collar machinist laundry, born Gravesend, Kent; Reuben Arthur Fissenden, son, age 14, grocer errand boy, born Gravesend, Kent; Sydney James Fissenden, son, age 12, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Philip Ernest Fissenden, son, age 4, born Gravesend, Kent; Alice Maud Fissenden, daughter, age 3, born Gravesend, Kent; Frank Henry Fissenden, son, age 3 months, born Gravesend, Kent; Ellen Evans Fissenden, grand daughter, age 6 months, born Gravesend, Kent; Florence Maria Kimmins, visitor, age 45, widow, born London, Middlesex.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 19 years & 156 days, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 113lbs. Resided 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent. Formerly grocer.

Home, 15th November 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF, 19th May 1916 to 4th September 1916.

15th November 1915, enlisted; 19th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 13th May 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 19th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 30th May 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion; 14th June 1916, reverts to Private at own request; 2nd September 1916, wounded gassed (shell); 4th September 1916, died at Main Dressing Station.

20th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Reuben Arthur Fissenden, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Mother, Alice Maud Fissenden, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Brothers - Frederick John Fissenden, age 27, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Philip Ernest Frissenden, age 13, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Walter Fissenden, age 6, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Sisters - Minnie Alice Pickett, age 28, 54 Newport Street, Swindon, Wiltshire; Delorf? Amelia Fissenden, age 25, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent; Alice Maud Fissenden, age 11, 30 Edwin Street, Gravesend Kent.

Buried at Dive Copse British Cemetery, II. H. 8, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme, France.

This page was last updated on 03-Jan-2019.