The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Sergeant C R J West

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Lance Serjeant Charles Reginald Jack WEST, G/21001, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 21.

Born Bracknell, Berkshire, son of Arthur Henry & Mary Jane West,  33, Barossa Road, Camberley. Surrey.

1911 Census - 22, Barossa Road, Camberley. Surrey - Arthur Henry West, head, age 47, married, commercial clerk, Mens Office, Royal Military College, worker, born Bradfield, Berkshire; Mary Jane West, wife, age 47, married 23 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Easthampstead, Berkshire; Gertrude Sargeant West, daughter, age 21, single, assistant at stationary store, worker, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Sidney Arthur Henry West, son, age 20, single, Estate Agents Clerk, worker, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Ernest Mac West, son, age 19, single, clerk at grocery store, worker, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Charles Reginald Jack West, son, age 16, single, clerk at grocery store, worker, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Ronald Victor West, son, age 13, scholar, born Bracknell, Berkshire; Edgar Joseph West, son, age 10, scholar, born Binfield, Berkshire; Harold Wilfred Allen West, son, age 7, scholar, born Camberley, Surrey; Ena Saunders West, daughter, age 3, born Camberley, Surrey.

Enlisted Hammersmith, W. age 20 years & 273 days, height 5ft 9¼ inches, weight 126lbs. Resided 22, Barossa Road, Camberley, Surrey.  Formerly commercial clerk.

Home 16th August 1915 to 22nd May 1916; BEF 23rd May 1916 to 7th October 1916.

16th August 1915, enlisted & posted 27th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/1891; 22nd January 1916, appointed Lance Corporal; 4th March 1916, promoted Corporal; 13th May 1916, appointed Lance Sergeant; 22nd May 1916, posted BEF; 24th May 1916, embarked, posted from 27th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 25th May 1916, Etpales, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

27th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, dead; Mother, Mary Jane West, 22, Barossa Road, Camberley; Brothers - Sidney A H West, age 29, 22 Haversham? Road, Beckenham, Kent; Ernest M West, age 27, Ivy Cottage, Flansham Lane, Fepham, Bognor; Ronald V West, age 21, 26 Parker Road, Wenton, Bournemouth; Edgar J West, age 18, No.35742, Grenadier Guards, Caterham; Harold W A West, age 16, 22, Barossa Road, Camberley; Sisters - Gertrude S West, age 30, 22, Barossa Road, Camberley; Ena S West, age 12, 22, Barossa Road, Camberley.

Buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, II. J. IO., Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated Camberley War Memorial.