The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant J E Potter

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Serreanteant  Joseph Edward POTTER, G/4614, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917.

Born Chelsfield, Kent, son of James & Ellen Potter.

Enlisted Mill Hill, Middlesex, age 22 years & 7 months, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 143lbs. Resided Maypole Cottage, Chelsfield, Kent. Formerly footman.

Home 23rd November 1914 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 12th October 1917.

23rd November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th November 1914,Chatham, Kent;  15th January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1916, appointed Lance Corporal; 22nd June 1916, promoted Corporal; 1st August 1916, promoted to Acting Sergeant; 3rd October 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th April 1917, Rouen, 8 General Hospital, bronchitis; 21st April 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 30th April 1917, proceeded to join Battalion, In the Field; 12th October 1917, posted wounded & missing.

26th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, nil; Children, nil; Father, James Potter, Maypole Cottage, Chelsfield, Kent; Mother, Eleinor Potter, Maypole Cottage, Chelsfield, Kent; Brothers (full blood) - Thomas Ernest Potter, age 20, on his way to West Indies, Royal Marines, HMS Malabar; Brothers (half blood) - William Booker, age 40, 6 Georges Row, Eastbrooke, Dinas Powys; Sisters (full blood) - none; Sisters (half blood) - Edith May Moore, 88 Queens Ferry Road, Rosyth, Dunfermline.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Belgium/ St Martin of Tours, Church Road, Chelsfield.