The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal V Valentine

Photograph by "Len"

Corporal Victor VALENTINE, G/11803, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 37 Field Ambulance, France, 10th August 1918.

Born Pembury, Kent, son of Amos & Eliza Valentine.

1911 Census - Providence Place, Bo Peep, Hasings Road, Pembury, Kent. - Amos Valentine, head, age 57, married, general labourer, market gardener, working on his own, born Reinhurst?, Sussex; Eliza Valentine, wife, age 55, married 29 years, 12 children, born Pembury, Kent; George Valentine, son, age 28, single, at home, born Pembury, Kent; Maud Valentine, daughter, age 20, single, millinery, born Pembury, Kent; Annie Valentine, daughter, age 18, single, born Pembury, Kent; Victor Valentine, son, age 16, single, general labourer, builders, born Pembury, Kent; Charlie Valentine, son, age 14, born Pembury, Kent; Edith Valentine, daughter, age 11, school, born Pembury, Kent.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20 years & 334 days, height 5ft 3½ inches, weight 123lbs. Resided Romford Road, Lower Green, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Home 11th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 16th April 1917; Home 17th April 1917 to 12th November 1917; BEF 13th November 1917 to 10th August 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st January 1916, mobilized; 22nd January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion; 9th June 1916, wounded; 9th June 1916, 73 Field Ambulance, gun shot wound left shoulder; 9th June 1916, 8 Casualty Clearing Station; 11th June 1916, 8 Casualty Clearing Station, to 6 AT; 16th June 1916, Etaples, 24 Infantry Base Depot, from Hospital; 21st June 1916, 24 Infantry Base Depot, to Battalion; 5th October 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, arrived from 2 Convalescent Depot; 15th October 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, in the Field; 13th November 1916, posted BEF; 14th November 1916, embarked; 13th November 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 14th November 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th November 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 24th March 1917, wounded at Duty; 16th April 1917, contusion to jaw, to England, HS St Denis, ex 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne; 17th April 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th April 1917 to 16th May 1917, Military Hospital, Bagthorpe, Nottingham; 31st May 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 22nd June 1917, Shoreham by Sea, absent from Special Arm Drill Parade at 1.45pm, reprimanded; 19th November 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, from 26 Infantry Base Depot; 28th November 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 3rd January 1918, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 16th February 1918, appointed Acting Corporal; 11th April 1918, 26 Field Ambulance, trench feet; 13th April 1918, Rouen, 12 General Hospital, trench feet; 22nd April 1918, Trouville, 72 General Hospital, trench feet; 29th May 1918, 15 Convalescent Depot, Trouveu, trench feet; 2nd July 1918, "J" Depot, Etaples, from 15 Convalescent Depot; 9th July 1918, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 3rd August 1918, deprived of Acting rank; 9th August 1918, wounded in action.

24th February 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 7/- a week payable to mother, will cease.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children - none; Father, Amos Valentine, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Mother, Eliza Valentine, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Brothers - William, age 40, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; George, age 37?, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Charlie, age 22, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Sisters - Jennie? age 42, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Ellen, age 38, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Lizzie, age 36, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Addie?, age 30, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Maud, age 28, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Annie?, age 26, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent; Edith, age 20, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent.

Buried at Montigny Communal Cemetery Extension, A. 13., Somme, France.

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