The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Figg

Photograph by "Len"

Private Robert FIGG, G/821, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of apoplexy, Flanders France, 28th February 1916.

Born Lewisham, SE, son of Robert & Emma Figg, 43 Mile? Road, Lower Sydenham / 4 Dalmain Road, Forest Hill, SE.

Husband to Mrs Margaret Cooper (unmarried wife of Robert Figg), 34 Beadmill Road, Forest Hill, SE.

Children - Arthur? George Cooper Figg, born 10th August 1904.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 35, height 5ft 4½ inches, 150lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, left forearm RP?T, right forearm B F, scar left buttock. Formerly labourer.

Home, 2nd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 28th February 1916.

2nd September 1914, enlisted; 4th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1914, posted 6th battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

5th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Mrs Margaret Cooper (unmarried wife of Robert Figg), 34 Beadmill Road, Forest Hill, SE; Child - Arthur? George Cooper Figg, born 10th August 1904; Father, Robert Figg, deceased; Mother, Emma Figg, deceased; Brothers - James Figg, 73, Arkley Street, Walthamstow, London; Richard Figg, ????? Lodging House, Forest Hill; George Figg, 8 Winchfield Road, Lower Sydenham; Arthur Figg, 33 Larkbere Road, Lower Sydenham; Sisters - Rose Dunn, 30 Station Road, Tadworth?, Surrey; Florence, not known.

Buried at Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery ,N. 11., Pas de Calais, France.

See also Samuel Figg

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