The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S G Philbrick

Private Sidney George PHILBRICK, G/20849, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, attached to 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, killed in action, 30th August 1918, age 19.

6th June 1899, born Forest Gate, Leyton, Essex, son of Edwin George and Mabel Elizabeth Philbrick, of 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park, Essex.

1911 Census - 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park, Essex - Edwin George Philbrick, head, age 39, married, carpenters mate / painter & decorator, Bow Brewery, Bow, worker, born Bethnal Green; Mabel Lizzie Philbrick, wife, age 37, married 17 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Wilstead, Bedford; Elsie Violet Philbrick, daughter, age 14, assists at home, born Forest Gate; Edwin Victor Philbrick, son, age 13, school, born Forest Gate; Sidney George Philbrick, son, age 11, school, born Forest Gate; Doris Eleanor Philbrick, daughter, age 8, school, born Forest Gate; *Wilfrid Leslie Philbrick, son, age 5, born Forest Gate; Nellie Elizabeth Philbrick, daughter, age 3, born Forest Gate; Harry Charles Philbrick, son, age 2, born Manor Park.

*1916 March, West Ham Registration District, Wilfrid Leslie Philbrick, died age 10.

Enlisted East Ham, Essex, age 17 years, 2 months & 20 days, height 5ft 8¾ inches, weight 133lbs, nose deflected to the left. Resided 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park, E. Formerly clerk.

Home 26th August 1916 to 30th March 1918; BEF 31st March 1918 to 30th August 1918.

26th August 1916, enlisted; 27th August 1916, to Army Reserve; 21st July 1917, mobilized & posted 23rd Training Reserve Brigade, 97th Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.10/108498; 26th September 1917, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 31st March 1918, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.25104: 31st March 1918, posted BEF & embarked; 1st April 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment; 3rd April 1918, transferred to 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, Service No.G/20849; 9th April 1918, joined 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, In the Field.

17th March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 7/9 a week, payable to mother will cease.

27th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Edwin George Philbrick, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Mother, Mabel Elizabeth Philbrick, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Brothers - Edwin Victor, age 21, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Harry Charles, age 10, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Sisters - Elsie Violet, age 23, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Doris Eleanor, age 16, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Nellie Elizabeth, age 12, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park; Alice Margaret, age 6, 41, Gainsborough Avenue, Manor Park.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.

NOTE: not included in QORWKR Regimental History but included in Soldiers Died in the Great War, London Regiment.

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