The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Brooker

Private William Henry BROOKER, TF/2683, 2nd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Gallipoli Peninsula, 21st August 1915.

Born Penge, Kent, son of Mary Ann Brooker, of 2, Woodbine Grove, Penge, London.

1911 Census - 2, Woodbine Grove, Penge, SE, London. - William Henry Booker, head, age 32, married, electric tram driver, L.C.C., born Beckenham, Kent; Mary Ann Brooker, wife, age 31, married 11 years, 6 children, all still alive, assisting in laundry, born Penge, Surrey; William H Brooker, son, age 12, born Farnborough, Kent; Florrie Maud Mary Brooker, daughter, age 10, born Penge, Surrey; Edward Harry Brooker, son, age 8, born Penge, Surrey; Lily Gladis Brooker, daughter, age 6,born Penge, Surrey; Frank Leslie Brooker, son, age 4, born Penge, Surrey; Ivy M Brooker, daughter, age 1,born Penge, Surrey.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 17, height 5ft 5 inches.

Home 20th October 1914 to 17th July 1915; MEF 18th July 1915 to 21st August 1915.

20th October 1914, enlisted & posted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th October 1914, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th April 1915, posted 2/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th July 1915, Devonport, embarked for MEF

3rd December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Henry Booker, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Mother, Mary Ann Booker, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Brothers - Albert Edward Booker, age 14, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Frank Leslie Booker, age 13, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Leonard Charles Booker, age 8, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; George Booker, age 6, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Sidney Thomas Booker, age 2, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Sisters - Florence Maud Booker, age 19, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Lilian May Booker, age 15, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Ivy Booker, age 10, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20; Baby Booker, age 1 week, 2, Woodbine Grove, Anerley, SE20.

Buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Special Memorial, Turkey.

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