The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T G Hulbert

Inscription -

"GONE TO BE WITH CHRIST

WHICH IS FAR BETTER

LOVED BY US ALL"

Photograph by "GeertB"

Private Thomas George HULBERT, L/11740,(30963),1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 20th April 1918, age 20.

25th November 1896, born Westminster, London, son of Thomas and Emily Hulbert, of 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N.

1911 Census - 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N. - Thomas Hulbert, head, age 41, married, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police, born Figheldean, Wiltshire; Emily Hulbert, wife, age 42, married 15 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Crichel, Dorset; Hilda May Hulbert, daughter, age 14, school, born Westminster, London; Thomas George Hulbert, son, age 13, school, born Westminster, London; Ada Maud Hulbert, daughter, age 7, born Westminster, London.

Enlisted Harringay, Middlesex, age 18 years & 163 days, height 5ft 9¾ inches, weight 132lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scar left armpit. Resided Whetstone London, N. Formerly shop assistant.

Home 3rd June 1915 to 1st January 1916; BEF 2nd January 1916 to 31st March 1916; Home 1st April 1916 to 8th September 1917; BEF 9th September 1917 to 24th December 1917; Home 25th December 1917 to 5th April 1918; BEF 6th April 1918 to 20th April 1918.

3rd June 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Middlesex Regiment, Service No. L/15823; 8th June 1915, posted 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 27th October 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 2nd January 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 22nd March 1916, wounded, gun shot wounds, head & left hand; 1st April 1916, posted Depot, Middlesex Regiment; 16th September 1916 to 25th September 1916, furlough from Colchester Military Hospital; 19th October 1916, attached 106 Training Reserve; 24th January 1917, posted 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 9th September 1917, posted BEF & 17 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 18th September 1917, posted 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 3rd December 1917, wounded gas shell, mild; 24th December 1917, posted Depot, Middlesex Regiment; 25th December 1917, posted Depot, Middlesex Regiment; 25th December 1917 to 2nd January 1918, 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne, gas burns; 4th January 1918 to 14th January 1918, furlough from 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne; 23rd January 1918, posted Command Depot, Catterick; 8th March 1918, posted 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 6th April1918, posted BEF; 7th April 1918, transferred to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, allotted number 30963, new No 11740; 11th April 1918, joined Battalion In the Field.

17th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Thomas Hulbert, 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N.20; Mother, Emily Hulbert, 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N.20; Brothers - none; Sisters - Hilda May Hulbert, age 22, 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N.20; Ada Maud Hulbert, age 15, 7, Sunnyside, Swan Lane, Whetstone, London, N.20;

Buried at Tannay British Cemetery, Plot 1. Row D. Grave 7, Thiennes, France.

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