The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R F Bryson

Photograph by "Uwe"

Private Robert Fitchett BRYSON, G/20655, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Prisoner of War Hospital, Stendal Camp, Germany, at 5.30am on 27th June 1918, age 32 years & 4 months.

Born Sunderland, Durham, son of Andrew R. D. and Ellen Maria Bryson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1911 Census - 1 Clifton Avenue, Eccles, Lancashire - Ellen Maria Bryson, head, age 66, widow, born Derby, Derbyshire; Robert Fitchett Bryson, son, age 25, single, labourer sewage farm, Corporation, born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland; Eva Jane Bryson, daughter, age 32, single, born Sunderland, Durham; Emily Florence Bryson, daughter, age 27, single, born Sunderland, Durham.

Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire, age 29 years, 11 months, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 148lbs, stiff big toe left foot, overlapping tore left foot, brown hair, brown eyes. Resided 128 Cromwell Road, Patricroft, Manchester. Formerly labourer.

Home 24th January 1916 to 22nd July 1916; BEF 23rd July 1916 to 27th June 1918.

24th January 1916, enlisted; 25th January 1916 to Army Reserve; 13th March 1916, mobilized; 16th March 1916, posted 22nd Lancashire Fusiliers, Service No. 33246; 21st May 1916, transferred to 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 23rd July 1916, posted BEF, attached Army Service Corps; 24th July 1916, embarked Southampton; 9th February 1917, transferred Kings Liverpool Regiment, 23 Works Company; 26th June 1917, transferred to Labour Corps, 192 Company; 17th August 1917, posted 718th Labour Company; 1st February 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st February 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st - 28th March 1918, posted missing.

12th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Ellen Maria Bryson, 128 Cromwell Road, Patricroft, Manchester; Sisters - names unreadable, ages 38 & 32, 128 Cromwell Road, Patricroft, Manchester.

Buried at Berlin South West Cemetery, I.D.4., Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.

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