The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Bond

Private Walter Edward BOND, G/18077, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after, 29th September 1916, age 24.

Son of Cornelius Robert and Malinda Bond, of Market Weston, Diss, Norfolk.

1911 Census - Market Weston, Thetford - Cornelius Bond, head, age 49, married, farm labourer, born Market Weston, Suffolk; Malinda Bond, wife, age 49, married 29 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Hepworth, Suffolk; Charles Bond, son, age 21, single, farm labourer, born Market Weston, Suffolk; Walter Bond, son, age 17, single, born Market Weston, Suffolk.

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 22, height 5ft 2¼ inches. Resided Market Weston, Suffolk.

Home 2nd December 1915 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 29th September 1916.

2nd December 1915, enlisted into 3/1 Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No. 2388; 27th August 1916, embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne; 28th August 1916, arrived 15 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1/4 Suffolk Regiment; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th September 1916, posted missing.

12th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Cornelius David Bond, Market Weston, Thetford; Mother, Malinda Bond, Market Weston, Thetford; Brothers - David Cornelius Bond, age 36, Halifax, Yorkshire; Arthur William Bond, age 32, Black Plains?, Wisconsin?, USA; Charles Edward Bond, age 30, Black Plains?, Wisconsin?, USA;

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

This page was last updated on 05-Feb-2017.