The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant L P Waghorn

Second Lieutenant Leonard Pengelly WAGHORN, 3rd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (attached Princess Charlotte of Wales, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment), killed in action, near Ypres, Flanders, France, 6th November 1914, age 23.

1891 Born Greenwich, Kent, second Son of Engineer Captain John Waghorn Webb Waghorn, R.N., (formerly Professor of Physics at the Royal Navy College, Grenwich). & Amy Gertrude Waghorn (nee Spry).

Medical & Dental Student Registers - Leonard Pengelly Waghorn; Preliminary Examination in Arts with Date thereof, Lond. Matric. June 1909; Date of Registration Oct.14; Place & Date of Commencement of Medical study, as certified by an Official of a University, School of Medicine, or recognised teaching Institution, Guy's Hospital, Oct. 1.

University of London Student Records - War List 1914 - 1918 - Leonard Pengelly Waghorn (Guy's Hospital), 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Berkshire Regiment (killed in action 6th November 1914).

Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment, from the Inns of Court Officers Training Squadron.

9th October 1914, disembarkation.

3rd November 1914, joined Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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