The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant F Brissenden

Photograph by Chris(tine) Eaton

Serjeant Frank BRISSENDEN, G/18399, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 23rd August 1918.

Born Folkestone, Kent. Mother Mrs J Brissenden, 6 Mill Place, Horn Street, Shorncliffe. Foster Mother, Mrs Mary Pook, Hales Place Cottages, High Halden, Ashford, Kent Court Lodge Cottages, Burwash, Sussex.

1911 Census - 18 Windmill Street, Hythe - Mary Pook, head, age 73, widow, shop assistant, bootmaker, born Haethfield, Sussex; Frank Brissenden, boarder, age 18, single, shop assistant, bootmaker, worker, born Folkestone, Kent.

Enlisted Herne, Kent, age 22 years 4 months, height 5ft 11½ inches, weight 172lbs. Resided 17 Prospect Road, Hythe, Kent. Formerly boot salesman.

Home 9th October 1914 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 2nd March 1917; Home 3rd March 1917 to 24th March 1918; BEF 25th March 1918 to 23rd August 1918.

9th October 1914, enlisted and posted 2/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, 2136; 17th August 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 13th September 1915, promoted Corporal; 30th April 1916, Herne Bay, neglect of duty while on guard, severely reprimanded; 21st September 1916, posted BEF & reverted to Private; 22nd September 1916, 38 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, promoted Corporal; 14th October 1916, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 25th November 1916, promoted Sergeant; 8th February 1917, wounded; 9th February 1917, 3 Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wounds, back & chest; 15th February 1917, 32 General Hospital, Wimereux; 21st February 1917, Boulogne, 13 General Hospital, gun shot wounds, back & chest, severe; 2nd March 1917, to England, Hospital Ship, St Denis; 3rd March 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd March 1917 to 10th April 1917, The military Hospital, Endell Street, WC, gun shot wound, back; 20th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th March 1918, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th March 1918, embarked Folkestone; 26th March 1918, disembarked Boulogne; 26th March 1918, arrive "J" Depot; 30th March 1918, proceed to 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st April 1918, arrived Infantry Base Depot, Havre; 14th June 1918, joined Battalion in The Field.

8th November 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by Foster Mother, Mary Pook, Hales Place Cottages, High Halden, Ashford, Kent - Mother, not known

Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, IV.E.15., Somme, France.

External link to Roll of Honour - Hythe War Memorial

External link to Roll of Honour - Hythe United Reformed Church War Memorial

This page was last updated on 30-Apr-2017.