The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W T J Bourne

Private William Thomas James BOURNE, G/11816, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 17th August 1916.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of William Thomas and Mrs Mary Jane Bourne , 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent. William Thomas Bourne, deceased, March 1898, Mary Jane Bourne married William Edward Bassant, June 1900.

1911 Census - 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent - Edward William Bassant, head, age 54, married, unable to work, general labourer, born Murston, Kent; Mary Jane Bassant, wife, age 42, married 30 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Northfleet, Kent; Alfred Henry Bassant, son, age 23, single, brewers labourer, born Northfleet, Kent; Cyril Victor Bassant, son, age 9, born Northfleet, Kent; Winnifred May Bassant, daughter, age 8, born Northfleet, Kent; Frederick Charles Bassant, son, age 6, born Northfleet, Kent; Hilda Rose Bassant, daughter, age 4, born Northfleet, Kent; Ethel Alice Bourne, daughter, age 18, single, printing works, born Northfleet, Kent; William Thomas Bourne, son, age 17, single, cable works labourer, born Northfleet, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 4 inches. Resided 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 30th November 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 17th August 1916.

30th November 1915, enlisted; 1st December 1915, to Army Reserve; 22nd January 1916, mobilized & posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Thomas Bourne, deceased, March 1898; Mother Mary Jane Bassant, 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent; Half Brothers - Cyril Victor Bassant, age 18, 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent; Frederick Charles Bassant, age 15, 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent; Sisters - Ethel Alice Evens?, age 27, 7 Thoughton Road, Charlton; Mabel Emily Smith, age 23, 6 Bywater Street, Chelsea; Half Sisters - Winnifred May Bassant, age 17, 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent; Hilda Rose Bassant, age 13, 209 Dover Road, Northfleet, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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