The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R C Martin

Private Robert Charles MARTIN, G/9516, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France 20th February 1916, age 30.

Born Lingfield Surrey, son of William & Sarah Martin.

1st December 1906, Malling, Kent, married Elizabeth (Alice) Kate Cheeseman, spinster.

Children - Robert Charles, born 11th May 1907, East Malling, Kent; Frederick James, born 11th April 1909, Larkfield, Kent.

1911 Census - The Bank Cottages, Larkfield, Kent - Robert Martin, head, age 26, married, waggoner of farm, worker, born Lingfield Surrey; Alice Kate Martin, wife, age 26, married 4 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Nettlestead, Kent; Robert Charles Martin, son, age 4, born East Malling, Kent; Frederick James Martin, son, age 2, born Larkfield, Kent.

Child - George Martin, born 19th December 1911,

Enlisted Maidstone Kent, age 30 years & 5 months, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 144lbs, fit subject to dental treatment. Resided Harrington Place, Bell Lane, Ditton, Kent / 2, Queen's Cottages, Stangate, Birling, West Malling, Kent. Formerly quarryman.

Home 13th August 1915 to 31st December 1915; BEF #1st January 1916 to 20th February 1916. # date shown in Service Records

13th August 1915, enlisted; 17th August 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st August 1915, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1915, Shoreham, overstaying pass from midnight till 8.00pm 9th November 1915, admonished, forfeits 3 days pay; *22nd December 1915, embarked; 1st January 1916, posted BEF. * date shown in Service Records & on Medal Card.

11th September 1916, pension of 20/6 a week awarded to widow & three children.

18th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Alice Kate Martin, 2, Queen's Cottages, Birling, Kent; Children - Robert Charles, 11th May 1907, 2, Queen's Cottages, Birling, Kent; Frederick James, 11th April 1909, 2, Queen's Cottages, Birling, Kent;George, 19th December 1911, 2, Queen's Cottages, Birling, Kent; Father, William Martin, deceased; Mother, Sarah Martin, deceased; Brothers - ????? Martin, age 45, address unknown believed to be in Canada;

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and Ditton War Memorial, Kent

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