The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Oldham

Private Richard OLDHAM, G/5345, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 26.

7th September 1889, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, son of Riley and Eliza Oldham.

26th March 1910, New Lane Church, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, married Sarah Ann Broomfield, (born 4th November 1889), spinster.

1911 Census - 1 Green Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Richard Oldham, head, age 21, married, coal miner, worker, born Church, Lancashire; Sarah Ann Oldham, wife, age 22, married under 1 year, cotton weaver, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Children - Mary Oldham, born 9th March 1914, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Enlisted Accrington, Lancashire, age 24 years 4 months, height 5ft 7½ inches. Resided 38 Kay Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire / 5, Green Street, New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Formerly miner.

Home 7th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

7th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1915, Blackdown Camp, absent from 12.30pm Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 30th August 1915, embarked; 26th September 1915, posted wounded & missing.

7th August 1916, pension of 15/- a week awarded to wife & one child.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France & War Memorial, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

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