The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal E C Heath

Photograph by "Robert O'connor"

Corporal Ernest Clarence HEATH, G/2249, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th July 1916.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of Henry & Eleanor Heath, 1 Cross Road, Bromley Common, Kent / 12 Freelands Grove, Bromley, Kent.

Next of Kin (brother) - Harry Claud Cecil Heath, 70 Freelands Road, Bromley, Kent / 30 Godwin Road, Bromley, Kent..

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 4¼ inches, weight 126lbs, sallow complexion, grey eyes, black hair. Formerly warehouseman.

Home, 9th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th December 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 6th January 1916, 56 Field Ambulance, influenza; 7th January 1916, to 18 DRS; 16th January 1916, 18 DRS Myalgia, to Duty; 25th May 1916, promoted Corporal.

Statement of Relatives, completed by brother, H C C Heath - Father, E H Heath, In the Infirmary; Mother, dead; Brothers - Harry Claud Cecil Heath, age 37, 12 Freelands Grove, Bromley, Kent; Sisters - Edith Alice, age 41, 1 Cross Road, Bromley, Kent; Norah Ellen, age 39, 1 Cross Road, Bromley, Kent.

Buried at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, G. 54., Montauban, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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