The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Peat

Private William George PEAT, G/438, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1915, age 23.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of George & Elizabeth Peat, of 37, Canon Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 37, Canon Road, Bromley, Kent - George Peat, head, age 42, married, carman, worker, born Chelsea, London; Elizabeth Peat, wife, age 46, married 19 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Torquay, Devon; William Peat, son, age 18, single, under gardener, worker, born Bromley, Kent; Harry Peat, son, age 12, Bromley, Kent; Annie Peat, daughter, age 10, Bromley, Kent; Albert Peat, son, age 8, Bromley, Kent.

5th April 1915, Bromley, William George Peat, married Kate Elizabeth Craker, (born 26th May 1891), spinster, 2, Station Road, Shortlands, Kent / 164 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent / 16 Florence Road, Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 22 years & 4 months, height 5ft 7½, weight 120lbs, fair complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, scar left eyebrow, one mole right buttock, two moles chin. Formerly chauffer, gardener.

Home 28th August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 7th October 1915.

28th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st August 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, embarked.

5th June 1916, pension of 10/- a week awarded to widow.

1924 September, Bromley Registration District, Kate Elizabeth Peat, married Tom Ford.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France / Bromley War Memorial.

This page was last updated on 31-Mar-2021.