The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Fever

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Private William Henry FEVER, G/4831, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1918.

Born West Peckham, Kent, son of Herbert Arthur & Jessie Fever, Letter Box Cottages, Hamptons, West Peckham, Nr Tonbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - Hampton, Tonbridge - Eliza Peacock, head, age 65, widow, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Leigh Parish, Kent; Ellen Peacock, daughter, age 44, single, born Shipbourne Parish, Kent; Frederick Peacock, son, age 38, single, carter on farm, born Hadlow Parish, Kent; Joe Peacock, son, age 37, single, farm labourer, born Leybourne Parish, Kent; William Henry Fever, grandson, age 15, single, stone quarry labourer, born Peckham Parish, Kent.

1911 Census - Hampton, Tonbridge - Arthur Fever, head, age 41, married, gardener domestic, born West Peckham, Kent; Jessie Fever, wife, age 40, married 16 years, 6 children, 4 still alive, born Hadlow, Kent; Dorothy Fever, daughter, age 14, born West Peckham, Kent; Herbert Fever, son, age 13, school, born West Peckham, Kent; Edward Fever, son, age 9, school, born West Peckham, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone Kent, age 19, height 5ft 5½ inches, 117lbs. Resided Hampton, West Peckham, Nr Tonbridge, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 7th December 1914 to 20th April 1915; BEF 21st April 1915 to 23rd August 1918.

7th December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 17th May 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 13th June 1917, 6 Field Ambulance, P.U.O. to 26 Ambulance Train; 21st June 1917,Infantry Base Depot; 2nd July 1917, joined Battalion, "D" Company; 25th July 1917 to 4th August 1917, leave to UK; 30th September 1917, Whilst on Active Service, making an improper reply to a Warrant Officer, deprived of stripe; 30th October 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 3rd November 1917, appointed Lance Corporal; 12th December1917, to Italy with Battalion; 12th February 1918, Whilst on Active Service, Improper conduct in trying to evade the Censorship Regulations, deprived of stripe; 19th March 1918, Whilst on Active Service, having dirty rifle, 7 days confined to Barracks; 1st April 1918, returned to France with Battalion;

30th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Herbert Arthur Fever, Letter Box, Hamptons; Mother, Jessie Fever, Letter Box, Hamptons; Brothers - Herbert Arthur Fever, age 21, Letter Box, Hamptons; Edward Charles Fever, age 17, Letter Box, Hamptons; Sister - Dorothy Jennetta Fever, age 23, 60 Westcombe Hill, Greenwich, SE10; Grandparents - Eliza Peacock, Lower Boro, Hamptons; William Fever, Park Road, Hamptons; Mary Ann Fever, Park Road, Hamptons; Uncles & Aunts - Ellen Peacock, age 52, Lower Boro, Hamptons; Fred Peacock, age 46, Lower Boro, Hamptons; Joe Peacock, age 44, Lower Boro, Hamptons; ???? Peacock, age 51, Lower Boro, Hamptons; Harry Peacock, age 43, Lower Boro, Hamptons; Barnet Peacock, age 36, Austen Farm, ????; Mary Jane Cope?, age 50, Roughway, Plaxtol; Jane Hodges, age 41?, Dux? Farm, Plaxtol; Annie Baker, Rotherfield; Fred Fever, West Peckham, Maidstone; Mary Ann Arnette?, Cricklewood; Ernest Fever, St Albans; Kate Hayman, sailing for Australia; Ellen Hudson, Westcombe Hill, Greenwich; George Fever, in Australia; Lewis Fever, in Australia; Agnes Laddams?, Sandwich.

Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, IV. C. 34.Somme France and at St. Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent

Information provided by Tony Grant of the Snodland Historical Society

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