The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant E W Venner

Second Lieutenant Edgar William VENNER, 3rd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment), killed in action, Battle of the Somme, died on or after, 9th July 1916.

Born Malvern Link, Worcestershire, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Venner.

1911 Census - The Sindens, Richmond Road, Leigh, Malvern Link, Worcestershire - Thomas Venner, head, age 57, married, saddler harness maker, employer, at home, Kings Brompton, Somerset; Elizabeth Venner, wife, age 61, married 30 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Gladestry, Radnorshire; Everleigh Mary Venner, daughter, age 25, single, governess, born Malvern Link, Worcestershire; Elizabeth Josephine Venner, age 20, single, born Malvern Link, Worcestershire; Edgar William Venner, son, age 18, single, schoolboy, born Malvern Link, Worcestershire; John Price Wanklyn, wife's brother, age 56, blacksmith (retired), born Gladestry, Radnorshire; Emily Willington, servant, age 16, single, general servant, born Ledbury, Herefordshire.

4th May 1917, Probate - Edgar William Venner, of "Mornington" Malvern Link, Worcestershire, Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment, died on or since 9th July 1916 in France. Probate London 4th May, to Elizabeth Venner (wife of Thomas Venner). Effects £47 1s.

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

London Gazette 23rd June 1916.

The under mentioned 2nd Lieutenants, on probation, are confirmed in their rank: E W Venner

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