The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant G Avery

Photograph by "Danielle"

Sergeant George AVERY, L/9797, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 10th February 1917, age 26.

Born Ruislip, Middlesex, son of Robert William and Sarah Ann Avery, Palmers Farm, Heath Row, Hounslow.

1911 Census - 61 Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, NW10 - Edward Vince, head, age 40, married, Railway Porter, London & ??, born Southepps, Norfolk; Mary Ann Vince, wife, age 29, married 9 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Pinner, Middlesex; Charles Edward Vince, son, age 7, born Harlesden, NW; Eva Ursula Vince, daughter, age 2, born Harlesden, NW; George Avery, brother in law, age 18, single, pipe maker, Imperial Tobacco Company, born Ruislip, Middlesex.

Enlisted Mill Hill, Middlesex, age 19, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 127lbs, scar back left forearm. Resided Hounslow, Middlesex. Formerly factory pipe repairer, Imperial Tobacco Company

Home 26th January 1912 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 19th December 1914; Home, 20th December 1914 to 9th August 1916; BEF 10th August 1916 to 10th February 1917.

26th January 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th February 1912 to 19th February, Maidstone Hospital, influenza; 9th May 1912, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th August 1914, posted BEF; 4th September 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 20th September 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th October1914, wounded, shrapnel in thumb; 20th December1914, to England; 16th January 1915 to 20th January 1915, Fort Pitt, Military Hospital, Chatham, fractured right thumb; 20th January 1915 to 24th January 1915, Gravesend Civil Hospital, from Fort Pitt; 18th March 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 8th June 1915, appointed Acting Corporal; 22nd November 1915, promoted Corporal; 27th November 1915, Fort Darland, absent from his billet, reprimanded; 2nd January 1916, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 27th May 1916, Fort Darland, irregular conduct whilst in charge of an escort, reprimanded; 22nd June 1916, appointed Acting Sergeant; 10th August 1916, posted BEF; 10th August 1916, landed at 40 Infantry Base Depot; 2nd September 1916, joined Battalion, "A" Company; 2nd September 1916, appointed Acting Sergeant; 11th December 1916, promoted Sergeant.

Next of Kin, Sister, Mrs Annie Vince, 61 Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, NW10.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Robert W Avery, 61 Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, NW10; Brothers, Robert Avery, age 33, soldier, lately discharged, not quite sure of address, but somewhere at Hendon, Wallace C Avery, age 20, Soldier, wounded in Hospital Derby; Sisters Annie Vince, age 38, 61 Shrewsbury Road, Harlesden, NW10., Florence Avery, 23 Bushey Road, Harlington, Middlesex.

Buried at Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, III. C. 7. Pas de Calais, France.

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