The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W T Brewer

Photograph by "Len"

Private William Thomas BREWER, G/16165, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of gas gangrene, South African General Hospital, Abbeville, Flanders France, 18th July 1917, age 40.

Born Bexley, son of William & Sarah Brewer, 33 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath.

9th September 1897, Christ Church, Bexley Heath, baptism of William Thomas Brewer, son of William Thomas, (labourer) & Sarah Ann Brewer, of Markalls Lane.

1911 Census - 33 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath - William Thomas Brewer, head, age 57, married, labourer Bexley Urban District Council, born Crayford, Kent; Sarah Brewer, wife, age 56, married 36 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Gravesend, Kent; George Arthur Brewer, son, age 26, single, bricklayer, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Minnie Frances Brewer, daughter, age 23, single, help at home, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Ernest Clement Brewer, son, age 19, single, florist labourer, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Winifred Violet Brewer, daughter, age 16, single, help at home, born Bexley Heath, Kent.

9th February 1914, Cobham, married Emily Walker, spinster, of 32, Herbert Road, Bromley Common, Kent.

Previously served with The Buffs, 6468, 12 years.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 38 years 6 days, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 125lbs. Resided 32 Herbert Road, Bromley, Kent. Formerly G.P.O. postman.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st June 1916, mobilized & posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th January 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 16th March 1917, joined Battalion, "A" Company; 16th July 1917, wounded in action; 16th July 1917, 1 South African General Hospital, Abbeville, gun shot wound, right arm, left buttock.

21st January 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

21st May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emily Brewer, 32, Herbert Road, Bromley Common, Kent; Father William Brewer, 33 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath; Mother, Sarah Brewer, 33 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath; Brother - Charlie Brewer, 2 Charmans Cottages, Welling, Kent; Sister - Mrs Winifred Gash, 33 Woolwich Road, Bexley Heath.

Buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, III.B.7., Somme, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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