The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private V A Burrage

Private Victor Albert BURRAGE, G/20945, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 16th October 1918.

Born Brighton, Sussex, son of Alfred Edward & Alice Mary Burrage, of 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.

1911 Census - 2 Ringles Cross, Uckfield, Sussex - Alfred Burrage, head, age 45, married, house painter, born Brighton, Sussex; Alice Burrage, wife, age 44, married 21 years, 9 children, 6 still alive, born Marersfield, Sussex; George Burrage, son, age 20, single, gardener, born Battersea, London; Reginald Burrage, son, age 15, grocers assistant; born Brighton, Sussex; Victor Burrage, son age 12, born Brighton, Sussex; Bertram Burrage, son, age 9, born Buxted, Sussex; Ethel Burrage, daughter, age 4, born Buxted, Sussex.

Enlisted Camberwell, SE, age 18 years & 30 days, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 126lbs. Resided Wandsworth SW7. Formerly labourer.

Home 18th April 1917 to 30th March 1918; BEF 31st March 1918 to 16th October 1918.

18th April 1917, called up; 20th September 1917, posted 100 Training (Reserve) Battalion, Service No.45595; 31st March 1918, 52nd (Grad) Battalion, Training Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment, transferred to Regular Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, BEF France; 31st March 1918, embarked / disembarked; 1st April 1918. arrived J Depot; 1st April 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, posted to 8th Battalion; 7th April 1918, joined Battalion in the Field; 19th June 1918, joined 8th Battalion from Hospital.

12th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Edward Burrage, 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, SW; Mother, Alice Mary Burrage, 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, SW; Brother, George Edward Burrage, age 18, 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, SW; Sister, Charlotte Elizabeth Burrage, age 27, 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, SW.

Next of Kin, mother Mrs Alice Mary Furnell, 27, Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, SW.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.

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