The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T H Hatcher

Private Thomas Henry HATCHER, L/10202, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917, age 21.

25th October 1896, born Cranbrook, Kent, son of Harry and Elizabeth Jane Hatcher, of 3, Bridge Buildings, Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent.

1911 Census - 3, Bridge Buildings, Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent - Harry Hatcher, head, age 50, married, road man, County Council, worker, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Elizabeth Hatcher, wife, age 46, married 26 years, 15 children, 8 still alive, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Charles Hatcher, son, age 20, single, fishmonger journeyman, worker, born Goudhurst Parish, Kent; Thomas Hatcher, son, age 17, single, van boy, mineral water, worker, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Bessie Mildred Hatcher, daughter, age 9, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Arthur Hatcher, son, age 8, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Ernest Hatcher, son, age 5, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Lione Dann, niece, age 15, single, born Cranbrook Parish, Kent; Sidney Waters, age boarder, 24, single, labourer, on farm, worker, born Cranbrook Kent.

Formerly served in 5th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Territorial Force & from 6th August 1912, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 3 months, height 5ft 8 inches, 118lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Resided 4 Ellens Place, Sittingbourne, Kent. Formerly stable lad.

7th June 1915, St Marks Church, New Brompton, married Harriet Drusilla nee Down, of Saints Passage, High Street, Cranbrook, Kent.

Children - Honor Edna Down, born 7th May 1913 (before marriage), Hackney; John Hatcher, born 5th May 1916, Diddlebury, Shropshire.

Home, 9th October 1913 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 3rd October 1914; Home, 4th October 1914 to 9th December 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force, 10th December 1915 to 19th June 1916; Home, 20th June 1916 to 23rd November 1916; BEF, 24th November 1916 to 7th June 1917.

9th October 1913, enlisted & posted 1st Battalion; 14th August 1914, posted BEF; 3rd October 1914, gun shot wound left hand; 4th October 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th November 1915, forfeits 12 days pay for absence; 10th December 1915, posted IEF & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1915,embarked Keyham Dockyard; 8th January 1916, disembarked Ashar; 22nd January 1916, Kurma, admitted to hospital, debility; 27th January 1916, transferred to Basra; 3rd February 1916, discharged from hospital; 7th May 1916, Busra, admitted to hospital, paratyphoid, invalided to India; 20th June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF /embarked / disembarked; 5th December 1916, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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