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Private S H Russell

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Private Sidney Henry RUSSELL, G/2113, 8th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 17th June 1916, age 20.

Born St Marys, Dartford, Kent, son of Albert Russell (deceased), & Alice Elizabeth Smith, of 5 Strood Square, Strood, Kent / 8 Elliotts Cottages, The Orchard, Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent.

Enlisted  Chatham, Kent, age 19 years & 37 days, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 122lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.  Resided Strood, Kent Formerly carriage cleaner.

Home, 3rd September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 6th November 1915; Home, 7th November 1915 to 11th December 1915; BEF, 12th December 1915 to 17th June 1916.

3rd September 1914, enlisted; 5th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 7th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1915, posted 7th? Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th December 1915, embarked; 12th December 1915, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th March 1916, 7 days Field Punishment No.2.; 17th June 1916, wounded gas; 17th June 1916, 73 Field Ambulance, wounded gas, died.

15th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Albert Russell, dead; Mother, Alice Smith, 8 Elliotts Cottages, The Orchard, Frindsbury; Brothers - Albert Russell, age 26,  8 Elliotts Cottages, The Orchard, Frindsbury; Sisters - Harriett Waghorn, age 22, High Street, Upper Upnor, Kent; Beatrice May Russell, age 21, Station Road, Strood; Grandparents, none; Nephews / Nieces - Charles Sidney Waghorn, age 2, High Street, Upper Upnor, Kent; Albert William Waghorn, age 5 months, High Street, Upper Upnor, Kent; Uncles / Aunts - There is Aunts and Uncles but do not know where they are.

Buried at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, II. C. 14., Belgium.