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Corporal F H Semmence

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Corporal Frederick Hurrell SEMMENCE, L/10025, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 4 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 10th August 1918, age 26.

3rd April 1893, born Meerut, India, son of Cufaude Andrews and Agnes Walsh Semmence, of 18 May Road, Gillingham, Kent / 188, Rock Avenue, Gillingham, Kent.

1911 Census - 51 Marlborough Road, Gillingham, Kent - Peter Pringle, head, age 43, married, Artificer Engineer, Royal Navy, worker, born Glasgow, Lanark; Mabel Florence Pringle, wife, age 24, married, no children, born Colchester, Essex; Adrian Peter Pringle, adopted son, age 8 months, born Gravesend, Kent; Cufaude Andrews Semmence, father in law, age 48, married, labourer, Army Ordnance (Army Pensioner), worker, born Wymondham, Norfolk; Agnes Walsh Semmence, Mother in Law, age 48, married 26 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Colchester, Essex; Agnes Jewel Semmence, Sister in Law, age 15, single, born Meerut, India; Constance Maud Semmence, Sister in Law, age 13, school, born Dublin, Ireland.

1911 Census - 48 Queen Street, Ramsgate, Kent - Francis Percy Newbery,  head, age 35, married, Pawnbrokers Manager, worker, born Twickenham, Middlesex; Harriett Jessie Newbery, wife, age 34, married 3 years, no children, born Bermondsey, London SE; Frederick Harold Semmence, assistant, age 17, single, assistant, Pawnbroker, worker, born Meerut, India.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 8 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 110lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, birth mark front left arm, slight deformity both little toes, scar right side of head, above eye, scar temple.  Resided Gillingham, Kent. Formerly tailor.

Home, 12th December 1912 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 23rd May 1917; Home, 24th May 1917 to 29th April 1918; BEF, 30th April 1918 to 10th August 1918.

12th December 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th February 1913, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 4th March 1913 to 12th March 1913, Maidstone Hospital, influenza; 27th March 1913 to 10th April 1913, Maidstone Hospital, tonsillitis;  16th April 1913, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th August 1914, posted BEF; 15th August 1914, landed with Battalion, "D" Company; 14th May 1917, 6 Field Ambulance, PUO, to 5 Ambulance Train; 23rd May 1917, 11 General Hospital, to England; 24th May 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th May 1917 to 13th June 1917, Edinburgh War Hospital, trench fever; 23rd June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th June 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 10th October 1917, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st May 1918, embarked / disembarked; 26th May 1918, joined 7th Battalion, In the Field; 27th May 1918, appointed Acting Corporal (with Pay); 28th May 1918, confirmed in rank as Corporal.

17th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Cufaude Andrews Semmence, 188, Rock Avenue, Gillingham; Mother, Agnes Walsh Semmence, 188, Rock Avenue, Gillingham; Brothers - Adrian Oswald, age 28, Sydney, Australia; Sisters - Agnes Jewel, age 22, 188, Rock Avenue, Gillingham; Imogen Maud, age 20, 188, Rock Avenue, Gillingham.

17th February 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 7/4 a week payable to Mother, will cease.

Buried at Pernois British Cemetery, III. B. 7., Halloy-les-Pernois, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show lastname as SEAMMENCE; CWGC web site & Service Records show it as SEMMENCE.