The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R A H Posnett

Home     

Private Robert Alec Henry POSNETT, G/20557, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 28th March 1918, age 19.

7th December 1898, born Bermondsey, SE, son of Robert Henry & Kate Posnett, of 144, Lynton Road, Bermondsey, London.

25th December 1898, St George the Martyr, Southwark, baptism of Robert Alec Posnett, son of Robert Henry, (carman), & Kate Posnett, 7 Cusack Place, Crosby Row.

1911 Census - 33 M Deacon Street, London SE - Robert Posnett, age 39, married 15 years, 4 children, all still alive, traveller & labourer, glassware, worker, born Plastow, Essex; Kate Emma Posnett, daughter, age 14, born Bermondsey; Robert Alec Posnett, son, age 12, born Bermondsey; Caroline Ellen Posnett, daughter, age 9, born Camberwell; John Posnett, son, age 7, born Bermondsey; Charlotte Williams, boarder, age 35.

Entry crossed through - Kate Posnett, wife, age 39, born Bermondsey, wife detained in Asylum Morton?

Enlisted Rotherhithe, SE. age 17 years & 6 months, height 5ft 3¼. Resided 12 Rosberry Street, Bermondsey. Formerly iron drum & keg maker.

Home 8th May 1916 to 28th January 1918; BEF 29th January 1918 to 28th March 1918.

8th May 1916, enlisted; 9th May 1916, to Army Reserve; 16th February 1917, mobilized; 16th February 1917, Medical History, age 18 years & 60 days, height 5ft 3¼, weight 105lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair; 17th February 1917, posted 97th Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/34294; 21st June 1917, transferred & posted to 209th Infantry Battalion; 1st December 1917, posted 51st (Grad) Reserve Training Battalion, Middlesex Regiment;  27th December 1917, Sheringham, when on final leave overstaying his pass from 22.30 until 22.15 on 29th December 1917, deprived of 6 days pay, 8 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 29th January 1918, posted BEF; 29th January 1918, Etaples, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 31st January 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st January 1918,. posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th March 1918, posted missing.

9th December 1918 date when Separation Allowance of 6/4 a week payable to father, will cease.

10th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Robert Henry Posnett, 144, Lynton Road, Bermondsey, SE; Mother, dead; Brothers - John Posnett, age 16, 144, Lynton Road, Bermondsey, SE; Sisters - Kate Posnett, age 22, 144, Lynton Road, Bermondsey, SE; Cassie Posnett, age 18, 144, Lynton Road, Bermondsey, SE.; Uncles / Aunts - John Posnett, 38 Darwin Street, Old Kent Road; James Posnett, address unknown; Louise Posnett, address not known.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59., France.