The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G Gore

Photograph by "Steve N"

Lance Corporal George GORE, G/4129, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, on the Somme, Flanders France, Friday 23rd February 1917, age 21.

27th August 1896, born Hythe, Kent / Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, twin Son of John Gore and Sarah Ann Gore, (daughter of Stephen & Harriett Burton), of Brook Gates, Egerton, Ashford, Kent.

1911 Census - Bedlam Lane, Brook Gates, Egerton, Ashford, Kent - John Gore, head, age 39, married, farm labourer, worker, born Egerton, Kent, (lost leg at age of 29); Sarah Ann Gore, wife, age 32, married 15 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Ulcombe, Kent; John Gore, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Westwell, Kent; George Gore, son, age 15, single, farm labourer with horses, worker, born Westwell, Kent; Raymond Gore, son, age 14, born Hythe, Kent; Ashley Gore, son, age 12, at school, born Egerton, Kent; Ethel Gore, daughter, age 7, at school, born Egerton, Kent.

August 1914, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Egerton, Kent. Formerly agricultural labourer.

17th September 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, VII. D. 3., Grandcourt, France.

External Link to Egerton Roll of Honour

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