The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S A Brenchley

Private Swinford Austin BRENCHLEY, G/1587, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 30th September 1916, age 23.

Born Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, son of Austin William and Eleanor Brenchley, of Meopham, Kent.

1911 Census - Meopham Court, Upper Lodge, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent - Austin Brenchley, head, age 54, married, gardener, born Littlebourne, near Dover; Eleanor, wife, age 48, married 20 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Boughton, Faversham; Herbert Brenchley, son, age 19, single, seaman, Royal Navy, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Swinford Brenchley, son, age 17, single, gardener, born Meopham, Gravesend; Gertrude Brenchley, daughter, age 7, school, born Meopham, Gravesend.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, III. D. 40, Somme, France and in Book of Remembrance, Bronze Plaque in Church, and Village Green Memorial, Meopham, Kent

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