The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant W C Embury

Serjeant William Clarence EMBUREY, L/5255, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 25th March 1915, age 34.

Born Tottenham, Middlesex, son of Sarah Rose Emburey (remarried now Springham), 180 Clyde Road, Tottenham, London / 20 Reform Road, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, NE.

4th August 1907, Tottenham, William Clarence Emburey, age 26, bachelor, hall porter, 3 Birstall Road, father William George Emburey, (deceased), sign writer, married Phoebe Rebecca Winser, spinster, age 27, 3 Birstall Road, father, William Henry Winser, (deceased), cooper.

Child - Lawrence William Emburey, born 16th July 1908, Edmonton.

1911 Census - 657, Seven Sisters Road, South Tottenham, London - William Clarence Emburey, head, age 30, married, liftman at toy? warehouse, commissionaire, born Tottenham, Middlesex; Phoebe Rebecca Emburey, wife, age 31, married 3 years, 1 child, still alive, born Islington, London; Lawrence William Emburey, son, age 2, born Tottenham, Middlesex.

Enlisted Dalston, age 18 years, 6 months, height 5ft 5⅝ inches, weight 115lbs, scar left eyebrow, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair. Formerly labourer.

Home, 22nd August 1898 to 12th September 1899; Egypt, 13th September 1899 to 4th March 1900; 5th March 1900 to 15th March 1900; South Africa, 16th March 1900 to 4th November 1902; Ceylon, 5th November 1902 to 4th November 1904; Hong Kong 5th November 1904 to 29th January 1906; Home, 30th January 1906 to 18th September 1914; BEF, 19th September 1914 to 25th March 1915.

22nd August 1898, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1898, gambling in the Barrack Room, 3 days confined to Barracks; 18th November 1898, Maidstone, improper conduct in the Barrack Room, 3 days confined to Barracks; 22nd November 1898, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd March 1899 to 7th March 1899, Station Hospital, Chatham, sprained back, fall, accident on duty; 11th March 1900, Aldershot, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight till 1.45pm on 12th, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 10th October 1901, Line of March, not complying with an order, 5 days confined to Barracks;

14th July 1902, awarded swimming certificate; 1901 & 1902, awarded Queens South African Medal & Clasp (Transvaal); Kings South African Medal & Clasps; 1st September 1903, passed Class of Instruction, Mounted Infantry; 3rd October 1904, permitted to extend his service with the Colours to complete 8 years; 21st December 1905 to 1st January 1906, gonorrhea, usual treatment; 30th January 1906, posted Provisional Battalion; 2nd May 1910, re-engaged for Section "D" Army Reserve, for 4 years to count from 22nd August 1910; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion; 8th September 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 19th September 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, as Private; 22nd November 1914, appointed Acting paid Lance Sergeant; 9th January 1915, appointed Acting Sergeant.

24th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Phoebe Rebecca Emburey, 657, Seven Sisters Road, South Tottenham, London; Lawrence William Emburey, born 16th July 1908, 657, Seven Sisters Road, South Tottenham, London; Mother, Sarah Rose Springham, married again address not known; Sisters - Rose Emburey, 51 Parsonage Road, Withington? near Manchester; May Emburey, Kensington House, Withington? near Manchester;

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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