The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Maynard

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Private Thomas MAYNARD, G/1134, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 33 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 6th April 1916, age 20.

Born Deptford, Kent, son of William Charles and Jane Maynard, of 3, Abinger Road, Deptford, London.

Enlisted Deptford, Kent, age 19 years & 180 days, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 120lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, teeth poor condition. Formerly fitter.

Home 3rd September 1914 to 2nd August 1915; BEF 3rd August 1915 to 6th April 1916.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1914, Fort Darland, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th February 1915, Chatham, absent from 9.30pm until 7.50am 22nd February 1915, admonished, forfeits 3 days pay; 1st April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1915, embarked; 16th September 1915, 12th Divisional Infantry Base Depot, attached 10th Entrenching Battalion; 10th October 1915, joined Battalion, In the Field; 28th March 1916, wounded, gun shot wounds, head, arm & back.

5th July 1919. Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, William Charles Maynard, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; Mother, Jane Maynard, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; Brothers - William Maynard, age 18, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; John Maynard, age 14, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; Jac? Maynard, age ?, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; Sisters - Jane Maynard, age ?, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford; Ethel Maynard, age ?, 3, Abinger Road, Deptford.

Buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, III. G. 33., France.

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