The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

L/Cpl R Acott

Lance Corporal Robert ACOTT, G/13024, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds Flanders 5th May 1917.

Born Wouldham, Kent.

Resided 18 Rouch Street, Strood, Kent.

1911 Census - 110 Montford Road, Strood, Kent - John Claypole, head, married, age 26, Private Royal Marines, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Annie Claypole, wife, married 3 years, 2 children, 1 still alive, age 22, born Dover, Kent; John H W Claypole, son, age 1, born Frindsbury, Kent; Herbert J Acott, boarder, single, farm labourer, age 23, born Dover, Kent; Robert Acott, boarder, single age 19, farm labourer, born Wouldham, Kent.

25th December 1913, Strood Church, Kent, married Jesse Emily Amelia Acott, (nee Wood spinster).

Child - Robert Harry Acott, born 18th November 1916, Gillingham, Kent.

10th December 1915, enlisted Rochester, Kent, age 24, height 5ft 9 inches, formerly labourer; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th April 1916, mobilized & posted Depot / 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 15th July 1916, posted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 26th November 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 12th February 1917, reverts to paid Lance Corporal; 9th April 1917, appointed Acting Corporal; 5th May 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, right leg fractured.

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, XVIII. H. 14A. Pas de Calais, France. Wouldham, Kent Village Memories, page 29.

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