The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Hastings

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private William Alfred HASTINGS, G/12880, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died from diarrhoea & general weakness, as a Prisoner of War, in Germany, 27th May 1918.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of Elijah & Alice M H Hastings.

1911 Census - 80 Liddon Road, Bromley, Kent - Elijah Hastings, head, age 37, married, labourer in brickfield, worker, born Marchan, Berkshire; Alice Hastings, wife, age 37, married 14 years, 8 children, all still alive, home, born Bromley, Kent; Willie Hastings, son, age 14, grave digger boy, born Bromley, Kent; Bertha Hastings, daughter, age 12, born Bromley, Kent; Ernest Hastings, son, age 10, born Bromley, Kent; Walter Hastings, son, age 9, born Bromley, Kent; Stanley Hastings, son, age 7, born Bromley, Kent; Alice Hastings, daughter, age 5, born Bromley, Kent; Leonard Hastings, son, age 2, born Bromley, Kent; Nellie Hastings, daughter, age 10 months, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18 years 11 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 119lbs, poor physical development. Resided 80 Liddon Road, Bromley, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Home 11th December 1915 to 22nd July 1916; BEF 23rd July 1916 to 23rd February 1917; Home 24th February 1917 to 15th September 1917; BEF 16th September 1917 to 27th May 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 29th March 1916, mobilized & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1916, embarked; 15th July 1916, disembarked; 23rd July 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 23rd July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1916, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st August 1916, joined Battalion "A" Company; 25th October 1916, 14 Field Ambulance, German measles; 25th October 1916, 7 General Hospital; 7th November 1916, rejoined Battalion, "A" Company; 18th February 1917, wounded; 23rd February 1917, 7th Canadian General Hospital, gun shot wound left shoulder; 23rd February 1917, to England; 24th February 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th February 1917 to 23rd March 1917, Military Hospital, Faversham, shrapnel wound, left shoulder; 2nd April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th April 1917, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 18th December 1917, St Omer, 10 Stationary Hospital, NYD; 12th January 1918, Boulogne, carbuncle back; 13th January 1918, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 24th February 1918, joined Battalion In the Field; 28th March 1918, posted missing in action; 27th May 1918, died as a Prisoner of War at Stendal? Germany.

2nd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Elijah, 80 Liddon Road, Widmore?; Mother, Alice M H, 80 Liddon Road, Widmore?; Brothers - Bertram George, age 21, 80 Liddon Road; Ernest Edward, age 19, Gunner, RFA, Brighton; Walter Robert, age 17, 80 Liddon Road; Stanley George, age 16, 80 Liddon Road; Leonard James, age 11, 80 Liddon Road; Sisters - Alice E?, age 14, 80 Liddon Road; Nellie, age 9, 80 Liddon Road; Winifred, age 3, 80 Liddon Road.

Buried at Annois Communal Cemetery, I. B. 15., France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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