The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S W Palmer

Private Septimus Walter PALMER, G/18358, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 28.

18th March 1888, born Wollaston, Northamptonshire, son of David and Eliza Palmer, of Beech Road, Higham Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire.

12th August 1888, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, baptism of Septimus Walter Palmer, son of David, (labourer), and Eliza Palmer.

Enlisted Rushden, Northamptonshire, age 27, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 131lbs, nervous derangement of heart, fit for general service. Resided Rushden, Northamptonshire. Formerly shoehand.

Home 12th December 1915 to 5th June 1916; BEF 6th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 19th April 1916, mobilized; 20th April 1916, posted 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; Service No.G/14580; 18th June 1916, Aldershot, overstaying his pass from midnight until 11.15pm 19th June 1916, 4 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 1 days pay; 1st September 1916, transferred to 23rd Training Brigade, 99th Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/40614; 6th September 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 18th September 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

15th September 1919. Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, Eliza Palmer, age 67, Beech Road, Rushden; Brothers - Harvey ????? Palmer, age 44, Woolaston; Fred Ernest Palmer, age 42, Higham Ferrers; Alfred Palmer, age 37, Woolaston; Francis Palmer, age 35, Spencer Road, Rushden; ???? Palmer, age 33, Spencer Road, Rushden; Albert Palmer, age 29, Beech Road, Rushden; Sisters - Amy Elizabeth Johnson, age 46, St Andrews, Scotland.

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

NOTE: Regimental History and Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as G/18358; CWGC web site show it as G/8358 ; Regimental History shows initial as W and Soldiers Died in the Great War shows firstname as Walter; CWGC web site shows names as Septimus Walter.

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