The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Company Sergeant Major G T Verrall

Company Serjeant Major George Thomas VERRALL, S/923, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 16th April 1917, age 37.

Born Marden, Maidstone, Kent, son of Thomas and Ann Verrall, of Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent.

3rd July 1906, Maidstone Registry Office, George Thomas Verrall, married Alice Sizer, spinster, of Wells Cottages, Nettlestead Green, Wateringbury, Kent.

Children - George T Verrall, born 18th August 1904, Nettlestead; Mary Ann Verrall, born 27th September 1906, Wateringbury; Frederick R Verrall, born 21st August 1908, Wateringbury; Margaret Verrall, born 21st August 1910, Wateringbury;

1911 Census - Wells Cottages, Nettlestead Green, Maidstone, Kent. - George Thomas Verrall, head, age 31, married, farm labourer, worker, born Marden, Kent; Alice Verrall, wife, age 26, married 4 years, 3 children, all still alive (4 children all still alive crossed out), born Cambridgeshire; George Thomas Verrall, son, age 6, (by first marriage crossed out), school, born Wateringbury, Kent; Mary Ann Verrall, daughter, age 4, born Wateringbury, Kent; Frederick Robert Verrall, son, age 2, born Wateringbury, Kent; Margaret Edith Verrall, daughter, age 7 months, born Wateringbury, Kent.

Children - Albert J Verrall, born 16th November 1912, Nettlestead.

Previously served Royal West Kent Regiment, Territorial Force.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 36, height 5ft 6⅓ inch, weight 132lbs, grey eyes, brown hair. Formerly labourer.

Home, 24th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 16th April 1917.

24th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, & appointed Corporal; 15th October 1914, promoted Sergeant; 3rd August 1915, appointed C.2.M.S.; 16th August 1916, appointed Acting / C.S.M.; 16th August 1916, confirmed in appointment & promoted C.S.M.

18th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 30/8 a week & Allotment of Pay of 5/10 a week, payable to widow will cease.

19th November 1917, pension of 36/3 awarded to widow & five children.

8th March 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Alice Verrall, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Children, George Thomas Verrall, born 18th August 1904, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Mary Ann Verrall, born 27th September 1906, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Frederick Robert, born 21st August 1908, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Margaret Edith Verrall, born 21st August 1910, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Albert James Verrall, born 23rd November 1913, Wells Cottage, Nettlestead Green, near Wateringbury, Kent; Father, Thomas Verrall, Place Farm, Ryarsh, West Malling; Mother, Hannah Verrall, Place Farm, Ryarsh, West Malling; Sisters - May G Verrall, age 34, Place Farm, Ryarsh, West Malling; Elizabeth T Colyer, age 30, Cleggetts Cottage, Ryarsh, West Malling; Ada Jackson, age 28, 61 Cumberland Market, Regents Park, London; Edith Thorne, age 20, main North Road, Islington.

Buried at Maroc British Cemetery, III. C. 11., Grenay, France. Commemorated N.ettlestead War Memorial.

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