The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Fleet

Private Walter FLEET, G/15142, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th October 1916.

26th May 1897, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire, son of Walter & Sarah E Fleet, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire. Four brothers & eight sisters.

1911 Census - Bedlam Yard, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire - Walter Fleet, head, age 34, married, farm labourer, fruit gardener & farming, worker, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Sarah Elizabeth Fleet, wife, age 32, married 14 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Walter Fleet, son, age 13, farm house boy, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Sarah Elizabeth Fleet, daughter, age 12, school, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Albert William Fleet, son, age 8, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Gladys Susan Fleet, daughter, age 6, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Lillian Mary Fleet, daughter, age 3, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Margaret Fleet, daughter, age 2, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Ethel Fleet, daughter, age 5 months, born Isleham, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, age 18 years 6 months, height 5ft 7 inches, 138lbs. Resided Sun Street, Isleham, Cambridgeshire. Formerly farm labourer.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF, 13th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 11th May 1916, mobilized; 11th May 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th May 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

9th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Walter Fleet, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Mother, Sarah E Fleet, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Brothers - David Frank? Fleet, age 23, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Albert William Fleet, age 17, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; John Fleet, age 6, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Walter Fleet, age 3 months, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Sisters - Sarah E Fleet, age 21, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Susan G Fleet, age 15, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Mary L Fleet, age 12, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Margaret Fleet, age 10, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Ethel Fleet, age 8, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Emma Fleet, age 7, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Doris Fleet, age 4, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire; Beattie Fleet, age 2, Sun Street, Isleham, near Ely, Cambridgeshire.

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

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