The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S G Bray

Private Sidney George BRAY, G/18054, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or since, 4th October 1916.

Born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 12 Vine Fields, East Gate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Sidney Bray, head, age 46, married, general labourer, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Caroline Bray, wife, age 53, married 27 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Fanny Bray, daughter, age 21, single, mineral water makers assistant, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Hettie Bray, daughter, age 19, single, mineral water makers assistant, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Nellie Bray, daughter, age 16, single, nurse girl, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Sidney Bray, son, age 14, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Albert Bray, son, age 6, school, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Tommy Bray, son, age 2, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Listed but crossed out - Agnes Bray, daughter, age 26, dead, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Bertie Bray, son age 24, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; Sally Bray, daughter, age 23, married, born Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk;

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 19 years, 8 months, height 5ft 5½ inches. Resided 11 Vine Fields, East Gate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Formerly horseman.

Home 25th November 1915 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 4th October 1916.

25th November 1915, enlisted into 3/1 Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No.2367; 13th August 1916, Hatton Park, overstaying his pass from midnight 12th August till 11.00pm 13th, 7 dats confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 27th August 1916, embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne; 28th August 1916, 15 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1/4th Suffolk Regiment; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th October 1916, posted wounded & missing.

10th June 1916, Brentford Registry Office, married Alberta Constance Wilson, spinster.

Child - Sidney George Bray, born 30th July 1916, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

5th August 1917, date which Separation Allowance of 16/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

6th August 1917, pension of 18/9 a week awarded to widow, Albert Constance Bray of Elds Cottages, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk / 2 Pest Cottages, Hardwick Footpath, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and one child.

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

This page was last updated on 11-Mar-2017.