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Private T A Titley

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Private Thomas Alldred  TITLEY, 240859, (3067), 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 21.

6th February 1896, born City Road, London;, son of Thomas Williams & Kate Titley The Six Bells Inn, Perry Street, Gravesend, Kent.

23rd February 1896, St Mark, Shoreditch, Hackney, London, baptism of Thomas Alldred Titley, son of Thomas Williams, ( Licensed Victualler), & Kate Titley, Queens House, 159 City Road, London.

1911 Census - 113 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent - Thomas Titley, head, age 47, married, Licensed Victualler, Employer, at home, born St Giles, Camberwell, London; Kate Titley, wife, age 40, married 17 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Bank Side, Southwark, London; Kate Jane Titley, daughter, age 16, single, born City Road, London; Thomas Alldred Titley, son, age 15, single, student, born City Road, London; James Victor Titley, son, age 13, school, born Regency Street, Westminster, London; George Williams Titley, son, age 12, school, born Greenwich, London; Annie Francis Victoria Titley, daughter, age 10, school, born Cowcross Street, London EC; Lord Roberts Thide Titley, son, age 9, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Edith Doust, servant, age 28, married 9 years, 1 child, still alive, cook, Public House, worker, born Ditton, Kent; Maud Austin, assistant, age 23, single, barmaid, worker, born Dartford, Kent; Henry Charles Forbes, assistant, age 24, single, barman, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Charles Samuel Burgess, assistant, age 17, Potman, worker, born Northfleet, Kent.

Enlisted Dartford, Kent, age 19 years & 2 months, height 5ft 5 inches.  Resided 113 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent.

5th January 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 12th October 1917.

5th January 1915, enlisted & posted 2/5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th April 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 30th September 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 21st October 1916, promoted Corporal; 2nd June 1917, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th September 1917, reverts to Private on embarkation; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field.

17th April 1918, Probate - Thomas Alldred Titley, of 113 Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, Lance Sergeant 7th Royal West Kent Regiment, died 12th October 1917, in France. Administration London 17th April to Kate Titley, widow. Effects £250 13s 4d.

1920 June, Gravesend Registration District, Kate Titley, married Godfrey W Smith.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Gravesend War Memorial.