The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Blackett

Private Thomas BLACKETT, 205537, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wounds, abdomen, face, right leg, left leg) 140 Field Ambulance, Flanders, France, 5th May 1918, age 35.

Born, Wakefield, Yorkshire, son of Christopher and Harriet Blackett, of Darlington, Yorkshire.

19th June 1904, married Susannah Moorfoot, spinster, of 16, Zetland St., Darlington, Yorkshire.

Children - Thomas Blackett born 13th February 1905, Darlington; Ada Mary Blackett, born 19th February 1906, Darlington; Sarah Annie Blackett, born 22nd September 1908, Darlington; Susannah Blackett, born 17th December 1909, Darlington; Minnie Blackett, born 21st July 1912, Darlington.

1911 Census - 16, Zetland St., Darlington, Yorkshire - Thomas Blackett, head, age 29, married, machine driller, railway locos depot, born Darlington; Susannah Blackett, wife, age 30, married 7 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Darlington; Thomas Blackett, son, age 6, born Darlington; Ada May Blackett, daughter, age 5, born Darlington; Sarah Annie Blackett, daughter, age 2, born Darlington; Susannah Blackett, daughter, age 1, born Darlington; Lizzie Appleby, lodger, age 85, single, born Hurworth on Tyne, Durham: Annie Monckton, niece, age 11, school, born Darlington.

Enlisted Darlington, Yorkshire, age 33, 126lbs. Resided 16, Zetland St., Darlington, Yorkshire. Formerly slater, North Eastern Railway, Darlington.

Home 4th December 1915 to 2nd July 1917; BEF 3rd July 1917 to 5th May 1918.

4th December 1915, enlisted; 4th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st June 1916, mobilized & posted 4800, 7th Reserve Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 4th July 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 4th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 20th July 1917, 35 Infantry Base Depot; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, & posted 10th Battalion; 29th October 1917, 233rd FCRE, admitted Hospital; 4th November 1917, Boulogne,13 General Hospital, P.U.O.; 22nd November 1917, Boulogne,1 Convalescent Depot; 26th November 1917, transferred to 3 Rest Camp;

17th November 1918, date from which Separation Allowance of 34/- a week will cease.

18th November 1918, pension of 37/11 a week awarded to widow & five children.

3rd December 19??, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Susannah Blackett, 16, Zetland St., Darlington, Yorkshire; Children - Thomas Blackett, 13th February 1905; Ada Mary Blackett, 19th February 1906; Sarah Annie Blackett, 22nd September 1908; Susannah Blackett, 17th December 1909; Minnie Blackett, 21st July 1912; Mother, Harriett Blackett, 37 Beaumont Street, Darlington; Sister, Minnie Blackett, 37 Beaumont Street, Darlington.

Buried at Red Farm Military Cemetery, A.7., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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