The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T V Bushell

Private Thomas Vincent BUSHELL, G/18428, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917, age 21.

Born Quorn, Leicestershire, son of Arthur James and Maria Louisa Bushell, of Bottom Pond Farm, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent.

1911 Census - Bottom Pond Farm, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent - Atthur J Bushell, head, age 46, married, farmer, born Faversham, Kent; Maria L Bushell, wife, age 51, married 18 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Wormshill, Kent; Thomas V Bushell, son, age 14, working on farm, born Quorn, Leicestershire.

Enlisted Sittingbourne, Kent, age 19 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6½ inches, scar right knee, left varicoele. Resided Bottom Pond, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent.

Home 19th April 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 7th June 1917.

19th April 1915, enlisted & posted 3/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No. 2376; 7th May 1915, transferred to 2/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 21st September 1916, disembarked; 22nd September 1916, arrived 38th Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined Battalion in the Field.

25th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, died 3rd July 1919*; Mother, Maria L Bushell, Bottom Pond Farm, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent; Sisters - Mary Vince Bushell, age 26, Bottom Pond Farm, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent; Nellie Vince Bushell, age 24, Bottom Pond Farm, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent.

* 23rd August 1919, Probate, BUSHELL Arthur James of Wormshill Bottom, Wormshill, Kent, died 3rd July 1919. Probate London 23rd August to Maria Louisa Bushell widow. Effects £920 19s 1d.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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