The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Burfoot

Private William Henry BURFOOT, G/4178, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 26th September 1915.

Born St Stephens, Tonbridge, Kent, son of Amos Edward & Rose Ann Burfoot.

1911 Census - 69 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Amos Burfoot, head, widower, builders labourers, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; William Burfoot, son, age 16, single, engine cleaner, born Tonbridge, Kent; Daisy Burfoot, daughter, age 13, school, born Tonbridge, Kent.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20 years & 7 days, height 5ft 9½ inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark hair. Formerly engineer.

Next of Kin, father, Amos Edward Burfoot - January 1916, 92 High Street, Hastings, Sussex; July 1919, 40 Auckland Road, Tunbridge Wells; August 1919, 22 Ely Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home 26th October 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF France, 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

26th October 1914, enlisted; 28th October 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th November 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th April 1915, Redhill, improper conduct on Parade, 4 days confined to Barracks; 30th August 1915, posted BEF.

18th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Amos Ed Burfoot, 22 Ely Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Mother, Rose Ann Burfoot, 22 Ely Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Brothers - Amos Edward Burfoot, age 34, 13 Edward Street, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Arthur James Burfoot, age 27, 42 Albion Road, Tunbridge, Wells, Kent; Sisters - Rose Ingram, age 36, 32 Market Road, West Dulwich; Lily Gertrude Bomhoure, age 30, 40 Auckland Road, Tunbridge Wells; Daisy Devlin, age 22, 19 Ashdown Road, Bushey Hall Road, Watford, Hertfordshire.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas de Calais, France.

Ely Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - photograph provided by Fred & Rita Scales

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