The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T C Grinsted

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Private Thomas Charles GRINSTEAD, G/11572, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of gun shot wounds, Military Hospital, Endell Street, WC, at 10.30am, 13th July 1916, age 20.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Grinstead, of 8, Perry Street, Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - 8, Perry Street, Chatham, Kent - Thomas Grinsted, head, age 58, married, shop keeper, general shop, born Chatham, Kent; Eliza Grinsted, wife, age 52, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, assisting in shop, born Highworth, Wiltshire; Thomas C Grinsted, son, age 15, single, paper boy, born Chatham, Kent; Mildred J Grinsted, daughter, age 13, school, born Chatham, Kent; Alfred G Grinsted, son, age 12, school, born Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20 years & 110 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 137lbs. Resided 8, Perry Street, Chatham, Kent. Formerly grocers assistant.

Home 11th December 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 13th July 1916.

11th December 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th December 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 13th June 1916, 140 Field Ambulance, impetigo; 23rd June 1916, to Duty; 2nd July 1916, Boulogne, transferred to England, ex No.13 Stationary Hospital, per Hospital Ship, Cambria, shell/shrapnel wounds, neck, face & back; 1st July 1916, wounded;

2nd July 1916 to 13th July 1916, Military Hospital, Endell Street, WC, when wounded was unconscious for a short time, not sick, has suffered from severe headaches since, wound of right occipital region, probe passed to ???? bone and fracture felt septic, septic wound of nose and fractured nasal bones, multiple wounds of right side & left shoulder septic, two ??? wounds right arm, paresis of both legs & severe pain down right side & right leg, draws up right leg and cries out in pain, 3rd July operation, depressed fracture of scalp, wound septic, penetrated brain, hemorrhage, 5th July severe headaches, 6th July, lumber puncture, fluid drained, pus present, 8th July, delirious, 11th July, still semi conscious, 2nd lumber puncture, fluid less, 12th July, pulse still fair, 13th July, unconscious, pulse feeble, patient died at 10.30am.

25th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Eliza Grinstead, age 61, 8, Perry Street, Chatham; Brother - Alfred Grinstead, age 20, 8, Perry Street, Chatham; Sisters - Elsie Clarke, age 26, 11 Dalgety Avenue, Scotland; Mildred Grinstead, age 21, 8, Perry Street, Chatham.

Buried at Chatham Maidstone Road Cemetery, HH. 193., Chatham, Kent.

NOTE: Regimental History spells lastname as GRINSHEAD; Soldiers Died in the Great War spell lastname as GRINSTEAD; CWGC web site spell lastname as GRINSTED.

This page was last updated on 10-Jul-2019.