The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Hastings

Private Thomas HASTINGS, L/10478, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th July 1916.

Born Sydenham, Surrey, son of Emmanuel & Mrs M E Hastings, 87 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, Kent / 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham, Kent / 84 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, Kent.

1911 Census - 1 Kimberley Road, Beckenham, Kent - Emmanuel Hastings, head, age 33, married, builders labourer, worker, born Hayes, Kent; Harriet Hastings, wife, age 33, married 14 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Hammersmith, Middlesex; Thomas Hastings, son, age 12, school, born Lower Sydenham, Kent; Edith Hastings, daughter, age 8, born Beckenham, Kent; John Hastings, son, age 4, born Beckenham, Kent; Robert Hastings, son, age 1, born Beckenham, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18 years & 1month, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 126lbs, two moles beneath left breast, two at umbilicus & one on left back of neck, fair complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair. Resided Beckenham, Kent. Formerly grocers assistant.

Home, 31st August 1914 to 23rd August 1915; BEF, 24th August 1915 to13th July 1916.

31st August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1915, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th July 1916, wounded & missing.

13th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Mr E Hastings, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Mother, Mrs M E Hastings, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Brothers - Alfred J? Hatings, age 13, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Robert N? Hastings, age 10, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Charles? S? Hastings, age 2, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Sisters - Edith M Hastings, age 17, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham; Harriet E Hastings, age 8, 54 Kimberley Road, Churchfields Road, Beckenham.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

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