The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal R A Polley

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Corporal Reginald Arthur POLLEY, G/7638, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1706, West Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 8th September 1918.

July 1886, born Richmond, Surrey, son of Henry & Margaret Jane Polley.

1911 Census - 203 North End Road, West Kensington, London W - Margaret Jane Polley, wife, age 60, married, 38 years, 9 children, 5 still alive, born Brompton, Middlesex; Zoe Marion Bennett, daughter, age 37, married 6 years, 1 child, still alive, dressmaker, on her own, at home, born Brighton, Sussex; Grace Polley, daughter, age 29, single, dressmaker, employer, at home, born Brighton, Sussex; Daisy Polley, daughter, age 27, single, born Brighton, Sussex; Reginald Arthur Polley, son, age 24, single, clerk, Solicitors Office, worker, born Richmond, Surrey; Zoe Irene Bennett, grandaughter, age 5, born Twickenham, Middlesex; Elvena Mary Polley, niece, age 26, single, born Walton on the Naze, Essex.

1916, Fulham, London, married Ethel Buttle.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.  Resided West Kensington, Middlesex.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.