The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S A Brand

Private Sidney Avril BRAND, G/18135, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27 September 1916, age 26.

Born Lowestoft, Suffolk, son of Robert William & Kate Eliza Brand, of 7, Waveney Terrace, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Suffolk.

6th May 1891, St Margarets Lowestoft, baptism of Sidney Avril Brand, son of Robert William & Kate Eliza Brand.

Called up for Service at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 25, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 137lbs. Resided 7, Waveney Terrace, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Suffolk. Formerly butcher.

Previously served in Territorials, Army Reserve Class "B".

Home 26th May 1916 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 27th September 1916.

26th May 1916, called up for service; 27th May 1916, posted 3/1st Suffolk Yeomanry, (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars), Service No.2657; 27th August 1916, posted 1/4th Suffolk Regiment, embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

31st October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Robert William Brand, 7, Waveney Terrace, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft; Mother Kate Eliza Brand, 7, Waveney Terrace, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft; Sister - Beatrice Elizabeth Brand, 7, Waveney Terrace, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

This page was last updated on 09-Mar-2017.