The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W T R Springett

Private William Thomas Robert SPRINGETT, G/4864, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th July 1916.

Born Hunton, Kent, son of Robert William & Eliza Springett, Bourne Cottages, Borough Green, nr Wrotham, Kent / Cranks Farm, Nettlestead, nr Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - Bourne Cottages, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Kent - Robert William Springett, head, age 42, married, farm labourer, worker, born Horsmonden, Kent; Eliza Springett, wife, age 39, married 19 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Horsmonden, Kent; William Springett, son, age 17, single, farm labourer, worker, born Hunton, Kent; Walter Springett, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Hunton, Kent; Percival Springett, son, age 13, school, born West Peckham, Kent; Harold Springett, son, age 11, school, born West Peckham, Kent; Alfred Springett, son, age 10, school, born Hunton, Kent; Frederick Springett, son, age 7, Hunton, Kent; Lilian Springett, daughter, age 5, Hunton, Kent; Charles Springett, son, age 3, Hunton, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 21 years & 2 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 112lbs. Resided Bourne Cottages Borough Green, nr Wrotham, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.

Home, 7th December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF, 22nd April 1915 to 27th July 1916.

7th December 1914, enlisted; 11th December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company, In the Field.

18th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Robert William Springett, Cranks Farm, Nettlestead; Mother, none; Brothers - Walter Springett, age 23; Percival Springett, age 21; Alfred Springett, age 18; Charles James Springett, age 12; Frederick Ernest Springett, age 15; Arthur Herbert Springett, age 7; Sisters - Lilian Isabel Agnes Springett, age 13.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France/ Nettlestead War Memorial.

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